UDF wins Kollam Corporation as LDF defeated after 25 years of rule
Kollam Corporation election results show a significant shift, with the UDF taking the lead and dealing a major setback to the long-ruling LDF.
Kollam Corporation election results show a significant shift, with the UDF taking the lead and dealing a major setback to the long-ruling LDF.
Kollam Corporation election results show a significant shift, with the UDF taking the lead and dealing a major setback to the long-ruling LDF.
In what could signify a significant shift in the political dynamics of the Kollam Corporation since its formation in 2000, the UDF wrested power, dealing a major setback to the CPM-led LDF, which has ruled the civic body for over 25 years.
In the 56-member Kollam Corporation council, the UDF won 27 seats. The LDF managed to secure just 16 seats. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 12 seats and others, one.
In a further setback for the Left, sitting mayor and CPI leader Honey Benjamin lost to the UDF candidate by 355 votes, underlining the changing political dynamics in what has long been considered an LDF stronghold.
In the 2020 local body elections, the LDF had won 39 of the 55 wards, with the CPM emerging as the largest party by securing 29 seats, followed by the CPI with 10.
The UDF had then been reduced to just nine seats, with the Indian National Congress winning six and the RSP three. The BJP had won six seats in that election, equalling the Congress tally.