A three-cornered fight among smaller allies of fronts
The Hindu
Kuttanad has faced many difficulties in recent times with recurring floods and bird-flu outbreaks wreaking havoc in the region. Further, the constituency has been without a representative in the Assembly since December 2019 after the demise of Thomas Chandy.
The COVID-19 pandemic had prevented a byelection there and after a wait of more than a year, the time has come for the electorate of the Kuttanad Assembly constituency to elect a representative, where a three-cornered fight is on the cards among the candidates of three smaller allies in the Left Democratic Front (LDF), United Democratic Front (UDF) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). In the 2016 polls, Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate Thomas Chandy of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had defeated his nearest rival and United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Jacob Abraham of the Kerala Congress (M) by a margin of 4,891 votes. Then the biggest surprise was the 33,044 votes secured by Subash Vasu of the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), a constituent of the NDA.More Related News
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