Kerala Assembly elections: Which way will Thiruvananthapuram swing?

Which way will Thiruvananthapuram swing is the hotly debated question as the urban constituency prepares for this year’s Assembly elections. Capital city development, a perennial bone of contention, will be high on the campaign agenda of the three contesting fronts as they gear up for the battle on April 6. V. S. Sivakumar of the Congress had claimed the Assembly constituency for the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 2011 and 2016. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) this time harbours strong hopes of upsetting the UDF applecart this time. Once again, Mr. Sivakumar will be facing the LDF candidate Antony Raju of the Janadhipathya Kerala Congress, whom he had defeated in 2016. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen actor Krishnakumar as the party’s candidate.