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The United Democratic Front (UDF) retained power of the Kasaragod municipal council, mostly connected the spot of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), by winning 24 of the 39 wards successful the section assemblage elections.
Of the 24 seats secured by the UDF, 23 were won by the IUML. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) saw its tally driblet from 14 seats successful the erstwhile assembly to 12, portion the Left Democratic Front (LDF) improved its beingness from 1 spot to two, with 1 of the victories coming from an Independent campaigner backed by the Left.
The Kasaragod municipality has remained a UDF stronghold since its formation, losing powerfulness lone doubly to the Left Democratic Front.
Although the BJP remains the second-largest enactment successful the council, its spot declined this time. The NDA, which has been successful the absorption for years, had acceptable its sights connected capturing powerfulness but failed to breach the UDF bastion.
The LDF, contempt having a constricted basal successful the municipality, fielded candidates successful 25 wards successful an effort to asseverate its organisational strength. The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) besides entered the fray by contesting successful 3 wards- 1, 13, and 30, seeking to people its presence. The UDF fielded candidates successful 37 wards, including 24 from the IUML.
The UDF had besides retained the municipality successful the 2020 section assemblage elections by winning 24 seats successful the past 38-member council. Following that election, UDF councillor V.M. Muneer was elected chairman, though 3 councillors abstained from voting.
The station of municipal chairperson is reserved for women this word arsenic well. Since the municipality’s formation, M. Ramannarai (1963) and S.J. Prasad (1995) person served arsenic chairmen, portion K.S. Sulaiman Haji (1970-94), erstwhile MP Hamidali Shamnad and T.E. Abdullah held the station successful antithetic periods. The chairperson’s station was earlier reserved for women successful 2005 and 2015, erstwhile Beefathima Ibrahim served arsenic administrator. In the erstwhile council, V.M. Muneer headed the municipality successful the archetypal term, followed by Abbas Begum successful the last term.
