
UDF wins bypoll to Elikkulam panchayat ward
The Hindu
LDF victorious in Kalanjoor, Muttar local bodies
The United Democratic Front (UDF) on Thursday won the byelection to Ward 14 of the Elikkulam grama panchayat in Kottayam. UDF candidate James Jeerakathil bagged 512 votes to trounce his nearest rival, Tomy Idayodiyil, candidate of the Kerala Congress (M) of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), by a margin of 159 votes. Of the 1,183 voters in the ward, 876 cast their votes. The result will not have any major impact on administration in the local body as the LDF enjoys the support of nine of the 16 members in the panchayat. The election was necessitated by the death of Jojo Cheeramkuzhy, an Independent member.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












