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The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has retained powerfulness successful Vengola grama panchayat with Shamitha Shereef of Pathippalam ward getting elected arsenic its president connected Monday (December 29, 2025). V.H. Muhammed of Kandanthara ward, besides from the Congress, was elected the vice-president.
Ms. Shereef and Mr. Muhammed defeated Elsy Eldhose and Jaseela Noushad of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), respectively. The UDF candidates secured 9 votes against the LDF’s eight. Twenty20 which has six members and Social Democratic Party of India which has 1 subordinate abstained from voting.
The elections were conducted connected Monday aft it was postponed owed to deficiency of a quorum connected Saturday (December 27, 2025) erstwhile the heads of three-tier panchayats were held crossed the State. Both LDF and Twenty20 had stayed distant from voting connected Saturday leaving the assembly without the required fig of 14 members to behaviour the elections.
Of the 82 grama panchayats successful the district, the UDF has assumed powerfulness successful 71, including Kalloorkad, wherever it supported an Independent to the station of the president. The LDF has been restricted to 7 portion the Twenty20 gained powerfulness successful four, including Poothrukka, wherever it won the president’s presumption done a gully of lots.
