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Kerala local body election results 2020 live updates: LDF leads in 516 gram panchayats

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 16, 2020, 23:03:31 IST

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Kerala local body election results 2020 live updates: LDF leads in 516 gram panchayats

Counting of votes polled in Kerala local body elections is under way at 244 centres in the state. A total of 21,893 wards in 1,200 local self-governing bodies including 6 corporations, 941 village panchayats, 14 district panchayats and 87 municipalities, went to polls in three phases on December 8, 10 and 14. Stay with TOI for live updates:

22:43 (IST) Dec 16

Recalling the contribution of his late father and Kerala Congress (M) founder-leader K M Mani in building base for the UDF in the state, Jose K Mani said the victory of LDF, in which his faction is a partner, is a "fitting reply to those who had backstabbed K M Mani."

22:41 (IST) Dec 16

Buoyed by the stunning performance of his faction in the local body polls in many parts of the central Kerala districts including Kottayam and Idukki, Jose K Mani said the result clearly states the faction led by him was the real Kerala Congress (M).

22:33 (IST) Dec 16

Puthuppally is the stronghold of the Congress from where former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy has been elected to the state Assembly for the last five decades.

22:12 (IST) Dec 16

As the results of the civic polls came in, the UDF leadership was stunned to see the collapse of the Congress-led front in its citadels in the district including Kottayam district panchayat, Pala municipality and Puthuppally gram panchayat.

22:06 (IST) Dec 16

This was the first election since the Jose K Mani faction of the KC(M) severed its decades old ties with the UDF over its differences with the Congress over sharing the Kottayam district panchayat president's post in the previous council.

21:57 (IST) Dec 16

CPI-M led LDF makes inroads in UDF citadels with KC(M) Jose K Mani's support in Kerala local body polls

Armed with support of the Jose K Mani faction of Kerala Congress (M), the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF has made inroads in UDF strongholds in central Kerala wresting power in Kottayam and Idukki district panchayats and winning several municipalities and panchayats in the civic polls.

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21:16 (IST) Dec 16

A CPM working purchasing a party flag to celebrate the LDF victory in Kozhikode

20:52 (IST) Dec 16

Update at 8.50pm: LDF leads in 514 grama panchayats, UDF 375, NDA 23

20:29 (IST) Dec 16

BJP's seat share has increased in Kerala local body election. People accepted Narendra Modi's welfare programmes. In last election, Congress won 21 seats in Thiruvananthapuram corporation. Now it has only 8 seats. Fight is between BJP & CPI(M) in the state.

Kerala BJP chief K Surendran

20:11 (IST) Dec 16

UDF workers celebrate victory of their candidates in Kannur

19:30 (IST) Dec 16

Boost for Pinarayi Vijayan as Left ahead in Kerala local polls

Despite facing a host of controversies ahead of the civic body polls, Kerala's ruling CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front was ahead of its rivals as counting of votes reached its final stages on Wednesday, and chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan appears to be on a high.

19:20 (IST) Dec 16

As per the latest updates, LDF leads in 514 gram panchayats, UDF 375 and NDA 23.

18:55 (IST) Dec 16

LDF workers celebrate victory in Kozhikode

LDF workers celebrate victory in Kozhikode #KeralaLocalBodyElection2020 https://t.co/gkP4kQimpo
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18:52 (IST) Dec 16

Update at 6.50pm: LDF leads in 514 grama panchayats, UDF 375, NDA 23

18:45 (IST) Dec 16

People accepted development works carried out by LDF govt in last four years. Those who were behind disinformation campaign thought that ppl's mandate can be turned against LDF. I congratulate & thank all voters who were not influenced by false campaign & supported LDF: Kerala CM

18:37 (IST) Dec 16

Update at 6.35pm: LDF leads in 5 coroporations, UDF 1

18:25 (IST) Dec 16

First of all, we congratulate and salute people of Kerala for reposing their faith in LDF govt. It is not the BJP's gain on any ground despite all its misinformation and mispropaganda and despite using Central agencies in order to defame and character assassination of chief minister and all our leaders of LDF. They have failed miserably. Their claim was to control and capture the Thiruvananthapuram corporation at least, but they were dismal in the third position.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury

18:16 (IST) Dec 16

The results have shown that UDF and its opportunistic politics have no space in Kerala. Congress was siding with the BJP to carry out false campaign and malign LDF. It has not succeeded: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan

18:15 (IST) Dec 16

LDF got a comprehensive victory in local body polls. This is victory of the people of state. This election results are befitting reply to those who are trying to destroy Kerala. Efforts of those who tried to destabilize govt using Central agencies have been defeated: