An impenetrable fortress of the Left so far

An impenetrable fortress of the Left so far

The Hindu

The electoral politics of Beypore Assembly constituency has baffled both poll pundits and journalists alike. This coastal segment, known for its port and Uru building, has never returned a Congress candidate, except once in 1977. Then again, the same candidate N.P. Moideen won the seat on the ticket of Congress (U), a breakaway faction of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress (I), in the 1980 Assembly polls, but with the support of the Left parties. Since then, only the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has been winning hands down in all the Assembly polls.
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