Kozhikode Election News

March 25, 2021

Expecting winds of change in Kozhikode, parties spin surprising poll formulas

Kozhikode usually favours the Left Democratic Front in assembly elections. The Congress has not won an assembly seat from the Kozhikode district since 2001.

April 27, 2019
BJP candidate claims Riyas backers in CPM voted for BJP in Kozhikode

NDA candidate K P Prakash Babu said the NDA got votes from the backers of Democratic Youth Federation of India's (DYFI) national president P A Mohamed Riyas.
April 22, 2019
Kozhikode candidate MK Raghavan booked over disputed video clip

A Hindi news channel had, on April 3, aired visuals purportedly showing Raghavan negotiating a bribe for land acquisition in the city for setting up a hotel.
April 21, 2019
Cops go soft on Vijayaraghavan over slur against Ramya Haridas

No case against LDF convener A Vijayaraghavan can be framed for verbal abuse of the UDF candidate, Director General of Prosecutions (DGP) has told the police.
April 08, 2019
Popular people's representatives face off in Kozhikode

Rival CPM chose a popular face to fight the sitting MP, and the Kozhikode North MLA became its candidate.
March 31, 2019
NDA to turn spotlight back on Sabarimala in Kozhikode

This has been spurred by the recent arrest of its Lok Sabha candidate over a previous case related to the Sabarimala agitation.
March 07, 2019
Elections 2019 | CPM to move heaven and earth to dislodge Cong MP Raghavan in Kozhikode

The CPM is likely to field Kozhikode North MLA A Pradeep Kumar to wrest the seat.

February 09, 2019
CPM banks on Riaz's popularity to dash Raghavan's hat-trick hopes in Kozhikode

There was no confusion in choosing sitting MP M K Raghavan, who won twice from Kozhikode, where the party does not have an upper hand vis-a-vis Assembly constituencies.

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