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The BJP has emerged victorious in two of the four assembly constituencies where bypolls were held while the ruling LDF wrested a seat in Kerala and the Congress consolidated its position in Chhattisgarh, winning Naxal-affected Dantewada.
A seven-member subcommittee led by Thomas Chazhikadan, MP, has been set up to decide the candidate.
There are indications that the political announcement regarding the entry of Kerala Congress (M) in the LDF will be postponed to Wednesday due to a lack of consensus on the Pala and Kanjirappally Assembly seats.
Joseph Kandathil, who owes allegiance to PJ Joseph, withdrew his nomination on Thursday, burying speculations that the latter would throw his weight behind the rebel candidate.
Graphs comparing vote-share of three major alliances in Pala assembly constituency from 2016 to 2019
This is the first election after the demise of Kerala Congress (M) chief K M Mani, who represented the constituency for over 50 years.
The Pala Assembly bypoll is seen as an acid test for the parties as victory would give a big boost to their prospects in the byelections to five constituencies scheduled for Oct 21 in the state.
The bypoll in Manjeswaram in far north was necessitated by the demise of sitting legislator P B Abdul Razak last year.
While the opposition UDF has a formidable task of retaining four of its sitting seats, the CPM-led LDF has to score big to recover from the rout in the parliamentary election.
The Society, founded in March 1960, had been the backbone of the latex-based economy of the constituency until it shut operations following mounting debts – the result of alleged mismanagement and corruption.
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