The Left Democratic Front (LDF) won three wards in which byelection was held. While the LDF retained two seats, it wrested a seat from the United Democratic Front.The elections were held on October 28 in the Perincheri ward in the Mattannur municipality, Chakkarakkal ward in the Anjarakkandy panchayat and Moolakkara ward in the Koodali panchayat. LDF candidate K. Leela defeated her UDF rival by 131...
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leadership of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the CPI have claimed improvement in their vote base compared with that in the Lok Sabha elections.In separate statements here on Tuesday, the CPI(M) State secretariat and CPI State secretary Veliyam Bhargavan said the byelection results showed that there was an increase in popular support for the Left Democratic Front (LDF).Pointing out...
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Stating the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had overcome all limitations faced during the last Lok Sabha Elections, LDF Convenor Vaikkam Viswam today said here the Front was all set to face the bye-elections. Talking to newsmen here, he said the LDF was very much hopeful of winning the bye - elections and the situation was favourable to the Front.He said under the LDF Government, Kerala had achieved development...
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Left Democratic Front (LDF) had overcome all limitations faced during the last Lok Sabha Elections, LDF Convenor Vaikkam Viswam today said here the Front was all set to face the bye-elections. Talking to newsmen here, he said the LDF was very much hopeful of winning the bye-elections and the situation was favourable to the Front.He said under the LDF Government, Kerala had achieved development in all...
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LDF convener Vaikom Viswan has said that the faith of people in the ruling front has increased after the last Lok Sabha elections.Addressing a press conference here, he said the front was facing the electorate cohesively in all the three constituencies where Assembly bypolls would be held next month.It was in contrast to the situation that existed during the last elections when the front had faced...
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Dismissing theargument that the ruling LDF had suffered a setback in the recent by-polls tothree assembly segments in Kerala, Front convenor Vaikom Viswan claimed they hadgarnered more votes than what they got in the last Lok Sabha polls."People have spoken against the UPA government's policies. Unlessand until the UPA changes the policies, we will not be supporting them," hesaid, addressing reporters...
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CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front(LDF) has complained to the Election Commission against Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mulappally Ramachandran for allegedly volating the Model Code of Conduct. LDF Election Campaign Committee Secretary M Prakashan lodged the complaint yesterday. In the petition, the LDF claimed Mr Ramachandran had violated the Model Code declaring at a public function at Kynoor...
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Seeking to play down the defeat of the Left Democratic Front in the three Assembly by-elections, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today said the United Democratic Front's (UDF) victory should be viewed in the context of the last Lok Sabha Elections which saw a clean sweep by the UDF. The UDF could not perform at the same level as they did in the last Lok Sabha Elections in which they bagged...
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Communist Party of India (CPI) State assistant secretary K.E. Ismail has said that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) does not require votes of the People’s Democratic Party for its candidate in the Alappuzha Assembly bypoll.Addressing a meet-the-press at the Alappuzha Press Club here on Saturday, Mr. Ismail said it was up to the parties contesting in Ernakulam and Kannur to decide whether they required...
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byelection results in Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha Assembly constituencies in no way indicate any disaffection among the people of the State towards the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, according to Vaikom Viswan, convener of the front.He was addressing a press conference here on Monday after an LDF State committee meeting, which discussed the byelection results. Mr. Viswan said that the...
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