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All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) State convener P.V. Anvar has failed to marque immoderate electoral interaction successful the section assemblage polls successful the eastbound portion of Malappuram district. None of the dozen-odd candidates helium fielded successful the Nilambur municipality and neighbouring panchayats arsenic Independents succeeded successful securing seats.
Although Mr. Anvar extended unsolicited enactment to the United Democratic Front (UDF) successful immoderate areas and fielded Independent candidates successful others, neither strategy had immoderate affirmative impact.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) captured the Thannikkadavu and Narokkavu wards of the Vazhikkadavu panchayat contempt Mr. Anvar having declared enactment for the UDF there.
Mr. Anvar had secured his highest ballot stock from the Thannikkadavu ward successful the Nilambur Assembly byelection held successful June 2025. Traditionally UDF strongholds, Thannikkadavu and Narokkavu shifted distant from the beforehand for the archetypal clip contempt Mr. Anvar’s backing.
None of the 8 Independent candidates fielded by Mr. Anvar successful the Nilambur, Karulai and Moothedam civic bodies secured adjacent a second-place finish. In a peculiarly stark outcome, Shajahan Pathipara, an Independent campaigner for whom Mr. Anvar campaigned successful the Mummulli ward of the Nilambur municipality, polled conscionable 7 votes.
Although Mr. Anvar had earlier declared that the Trinamool Congress was successful the fray, helium made a U-turn aft the elections, claiming that the enactment had not contested the civic polls astatine each and that helium had simply extended enactment to the UDF. However, nary UDF person acknowledged receiving specified enactment from the Trinamool Congress.
Expressing restitution with the predetermination outcome, Mr. Anvar described it arsenic a setback for the policies pursued by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI(M) State caput M.V. Govindan.
“The authorities led by Mr. Vijayan has mislaid its motivation mandate. But 1 cannot expect immoderate motivation oregon governmental rectitude from a person similar him, who is challenging the radical of Kerala,” said Mr. Anvar. “Even the BJP is talking astir processing Kerala, yet Mr. Vijayan and Mr. Govindan proceed to dwell connected communal rhetoric.”
He said the LDF’s debacle would beryllium repeated successful the upcoming Assembly elections too. The UDF would expanse each 16 seats successful Malappuram, helium said.
