KOCHI/TRIPUNITHURA: Elections to the posts of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons to 13 municipalities in Ernakulam were held on Monday. While
UDF
chairpersons were elected to
eight
municipalities, the rest were secured by the
LDF
.
Luck favoured UDF in Kalamassery, where candidates of both the LDF and UDF secured 20 votes each.
UDF candidate Seema Kannan has been elected to the chairperson’s post through a toss against her LDF opponent Chithra Surendran. Election to ward number 37 is yet to be done.
In Thrikkakara municipality, Ajitha Thankappan of the UDF was elected to the power securing 26 votes against LDF candidate Jayakumari.
Thrikkakara witnessed both LDF and UDF ruling the local body multiple times in the last
five
years due to poor margin in majority. This time, UDF upped their performance by securing 21 seats. Five Congress rebels also supported UDF. LDF could garner only 17 seats.
In Maradu, Antony Asanparambil, who was the vice-chairperson in the last term, has been elected as the chairperson. UDF’s P P Eldose has been elected to Muvattupuzha municipality securing 14 votes.
T M Sakeer Hussain and M O John of the UDF have been selected as the chairmen of Perumbavoor and Aluva municipalities, respectively. Reji Mathew and Prabhavathi teacher of the UDF have been elected to lead Angamaly and North Paravur municipalities, respectively.
Rema Santhosh of the LDF has been elected to Tripunithura municipality securing 24 votes against the 14 of the NDA candidate. Vote of one of the members got invalid. K K Tomy and A D Sujil of the LDF have been elected as the chairmen of Kothamangalam and Eloor municipalities, respectively. Eliamma Philip and Vijaya Sivan of the LDF will head Piravom and Koothattukulam municipalities, respectively.
K K Pradeep Kumar and K P Salim of the LDF were elected as the vice-chairmen of Tripunithura and Piravom municipalities, respectively. NDA vice-chairman candidate U Madhusoodhanan voted for Kumar by mistake.
Salma Aboobacker and Jeby Methar of the UDF were elected as vice-chairperson of Kalamassery and Aluva municipalities, respectively.
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