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Election to the Vizhinjam ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, which was earlier postponed owed to the decease of an Independent candidate, was held connected Monday (January 12, 2025). According to the State Election Commission’s figures, the ward witnessed 66.97% polling, with 8,912 retired of the 13,307 voters casting their votes. While the results, which volition beryllium declared connected Tuesday (January 13), mightiness not importantly change the powerfulness dynamics successful the civic body, a triumph present is important for each of the 3 large fronts for antithetic reasons.
If it wins here, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tin unafraid the elemental bulk fig of 51 successful the 101-ward Corporation without the assistance of Independent councillor M. Radhakrishnan, who has been wrangling with the enactment for a lasting committee chairperson post. The chairperson elections are acceptable to beryllium held connected Wednesday, a time aft the Vizhinjam result. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), some of whom person successful the past won from the ward, volition besides beryllium looking astatine improving their numbers of 29 and 19 respectively.
Voting nether mode for the 2025 section assemblage elections astatine LPS schoolhouse successful Vizhinjam connected Monday, aft the predetermination was postponed present pursuing the decease of an Independent candidate. | Photo Credit: JAYAMOHAN A.
The elections are being held astatine a clip erstwhile determination is sizeable disorder successful the BJP astir the creation of the 8 lasting committees. The LDF’s strategy was to seizure power of astatine slightest the comparatively little important taxation entreaty lasting committee, arsenic portion of which much fig of LDF councillors had nominated their names to the committee. To forestall this, the BJP besides nominated much councillors to this committee, frankincense reducing the required quorum successful a fewer different committees.
On the stipulated time of the predetermination connected January 7, lone 3 retired of the 8 lasting committees could beryllium formed owed to deficiency of capable councillors successful immoderate committees. Realising that its strategy could unfastened up chances for the LDF and UDF to summation power successful astatine slightest 1 of the large lasting committees, the BJP made 2 of its councillors resign from the taxation entreaty committee and record nominations successful the wellness and nationalist works lasting committees. This has near the taxation entreaty committee with 2 vacancies, which volition person to beryllium reported to the SEC.
