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Kerala local body polls: Powerful showing helps UDF shrug off the despondency of being out of power since 2016

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.