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The most striking outcome was in Anthoor municipality, where the LDF registered a clean sweep by winning all the 29 wards, several by huge margins

The party served as the principal Opposition in the temple town, dislodging the UDF in the last two terms since 2015. It wins 21 seats in the polls to stake claim to power in the 53-member civic body. TheLDFbags 20 seats and the Congress-led front 12 seats.

Mr. Javadekar said the outcome in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation was not an ordinary result

The verdicts are believed to be indicative of the way the political wind is blowing in the State ahead of the Assembly polls. However, experts point to the case of 2010 local body polls, when a good showing in the district panchayats, did not exactly reflect in the subsequent Assembly election. LDF and UDF share 7 district panchayats this time.

The rout of the Left is more pronounced nKottayam,Idukki,ErnakulamandMalappuram districts, which are old citadels of the UDF. Urban voters have turned their back on the Left

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Though theLDFjust managed to retain power in the 76-memberKozhikodeCorporation council and won eight of the 12 block panchayats, it narrowly lost the district panchayat and surrendered its supremacy ingramapanchayats to the UDF

NDA substantially augmented its ward tally, securing outright majorities in two municipalities and 19 grama panchayats. The BJP is set to send 249 members to grama panchayats, 37 to block panchayats, two to district panchayats, 320 to municipalities, and 60 to Corporations

The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front has been restricted to only a handful of local bodies, while the results have left the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance smiling, as it won the Thripunithura municipality

Contesting 1,026 wards, the KC(M) could win only 243, while the Kerala Congress won 332 of the 650 seats it contested and played a decisive role in the UDFs return to power in the Kottayam and Idukki district panchayats

Of the 86 municipalities that went to polls, UDF emerged victorious in 54, LDF in 28, and NDA in two. NDA fails to retain Pandalam, but wins Tripunithura. LDF could not hold on to Karunagapally. Independents emerge as the single largest group in Erattupetta municipality

UDF surge confined to Corporation limits as Left front maintains dominance across rural and semi-urban Thrissur. LDF retains district panchayat, wins in five out of seven municipalities

From a sense of being doomed to turning the tables on the LDF in what promised to be a cliffhanger of a contest, and finally, the sheer ecstasy of coasting easily past the simple majority mark, UDF experienced it all

The UDF wins 16 and LDF seven out of the 23 district panchayat seats in Kottayam. The UDF regains power in two of six municipalities. The Pala municipality remains inconclusive, with the UDF and LDF tied at 10 and 11 seats, respectively. The BJP led NDA managed to seize power in three grama panchayats, including Aymanam and Poonjar Thekkekara.

UDF wins five out of six municipalities. NDA comes second in Chengannur and Mavelikara municipalities, pushing the LDF to third spot. Though the Left front is in lead in grama and block panchayats, it registers dip in performance

BJP secures 25 of the 53 seats in the municipal council. Though it fell short of a majority by two seats, the BJP being the party with the maximum number of councillors will continue to rule the municipality

The front also views the victory as a stepping stone to winning the Assembly elections in 2026. Satheesan credits Team UDF for reasserting its political identity as the sole bulwark against Hindutva ascendancy. Mallikarjun Kharges post on X reflected the partys newfound optimism.UDFs emergence as a big tent accommodating varied social groups catalysed the coalitions best performance since the first elections for local bodies in1995.

NDA delivers a shocker to LDF in Thripunithura

CPI(M) says the UDF and the BJP helped each other defeat the LDF, and the support of communal elements that stood committed to a theocratic State also helped the UDF

The front sweeps to power in Thodupuzha and Kattappana municipalities, district panchayat, and most of the block and grama panchayats. LDF fails to repeat its performance of 2020, while NDAs victory was confined to nine seats in Thodupuzha municipality

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LDF suffers urban setback while no visible Suresh Gopi wave registered. UDF wins 33 seats, LDF is limited to 11 seats. NDA registers victory in eight seats in the Corporation

Left Democratic Front managed to win only 35 of the 76 seats, while the United Democratic Front bagged 28 seats and the National Democratic Alliance 13 seats

Binu Pulikkakkandam, a CPI(M) renegade, his daughter Diya Binu, and his brother Biju Pulikkakkandam. While Mr. Pulikkakkandam, a businessman-turned-politician, emerged victorious from Ward 14, Ms. Binu, an economics graduate from Madras Christian College who is preparing to pursue an MBA degree, has won from Ward 15.