Attingal keeps its status as Left citadel
The Hindu
LDF’s O.S. Ambika registers thumping win against runner-up P. Sudheer of BJP
Attingal retained its status as a Left citadel, with the LDF candidate O.S. Ambika winning by a thumping majority of 31,636 votes against the NDA’s P. Sudheer. The UDF will have much soul-searching to do after being pushed to the third place in a constituency they have won in the past. Ms. Ambika polled 69,898 votes, while Mr. Sudheer polled 38,262 and the UDF candidate A. Sreedharan of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) receieved 36,938.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.