Pala Bypoll

October 15, 2020

LDF to grant Jose K Mani's wish for Pala seat?

It is now clear that Jose K Mani took the decision to snap their nearly 40-year association with the Congress led UDF after getting a clear assurance from the LDF and reaching a concrete agreement.

October 12, 2020
Ahead of LDF's announcement on KC(M)'s entry, Kappan and Jose K Mani lay claim to Pala

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.
September 29, 2019
In graphs: How LDF's Mani C Kappan got the numbers right in Pala assembly bypoll

Graphs comparing vote-share of three major alliances in Pala assembly constituency from 2016 to 2019
September 28, 2019
Mani C Kappan ends Kerala Congress (M)'s reign in Pala, wins bypoll by 2,943 votes

LDF candidate Mani C Kappan has scripted history when he defeated UDF candidate Jose Tom Pulikkunnel by a margin of 2,943 votes to win the Pala assembly byelection in his fourth attempt.
September 27, 2019
Bypolls: BJP wins 2 seats; Left, Cong bag one each

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.
September 27, 2019
Analysis | How Pala embraced the Left this time

The shift of power from Mani to Mani and Right to Left would have an impact on the future prospects of Kerala Congress (M) and the Jose-Joseph power tussle.
September 27, 2019
Analysis | Pala buries its ghosts as poetic justice dawns in Christian heartland

In the first polls after Kerala Congress (M) patriarch K M Mani's demise, the electorate opted for some one other than the veteran leader in a verdict that will give the ruling LDF a breather from the negative press it had been gaining.

Pala Bypoll

LDF to grant Jose K Mani's wish for Pala seat?

Election Yarn Ep 1: A Giant Killer is Born

Ahead of LDF's announcement on KC(M)'s entry, Kappan and Jose K Mani lay claim to Pala

In graphs: How LDF's Mani C Kappan got the numbers right in Pala assembly bypoll

Mani C Kappan ends Kerala Congress (M)'s reign in Pala, wins bypoll by 2,943 votes

Bypolls: BJP wins 2 seats; Left, Cong bag one each

Analysis | How Pala embraced the Left this time

Analysis | Pala buries its ghosts as poetic justice dawns in Christian heartland

'I had said Pala would be a referendum on govt': Pinarayi on LDF's bypoll win

Parties scramble to find candidates as Kerala sets bypoll record

Pala bypoll: Voting ends, 71.48 per cent polling recorded