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Analysis of Kerala Local Elections 2025

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Let's have a dive deep into understanding and decoding the   Local Body Election Results in  Kerala,   which made the political title this week.  Election season in Kerala, which has been on for the past month, was over with the declaration of results on 13th December.  Newscapsule of the month. Results at a glance  The United Democratic Front (UDF), the principal opposition in Kerala, has gained the edge by winning more than half the local bodies. The ruling LDF has come second, losing most of what it had and the   National Democratic Alliance (NDA) came in third, yet by massively improving its tally.  The LSG elections were done for the following Institutions- Credits- Wikipedia The Six Municipal Corporations- Trivandrum  Kollam Kochi Thrissur  Kozhikode  Kannur The 86 Municipalities- Credits- Wikipedia Election results Tally  Individual Detailed Analysis  This was one of the most politically charged  local self-gov...

What went wrong for LDF, Media and Pollsters in Thrikkakara?

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 On June 3rd 2022, an important result came in the Politics of Kerala, it had nothing to change the state socially, politically or even decide the future of the state. Yet, there has been an important result which has shook the political landscape in the commercial landscape of Kerala, ie Kochi. On one hand, some people underestimated their own strength while others overestimated the outcome, where did the change happen? Credits Onmanorama #opinion Here are a few things which I think whether it's political parties, leaders, media and even subject experts got it wrong in a single bypoll of a singled out constituency. In the last article, we discussed the hype involved in the election, and why ministers, MLAs and media are involved too much. LDF expected to be victorious with less than 5000 votes margin, while the Media predicted a tight fight, UDF cut down their expectation to less than 10,000 votes. With the declaration of voting, the percentage dipped below 70% which alarmed UDF b...

Newscapsule for the Month of May 2022

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  Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can signup using the email on the left sidebar.  Kerala  Kerala's draft fintech policy unveiled.  Smriti Irani visits Rahul Gandhi's constituency Wayanad.  Thrikkakara election declared by ECI; candidates- UDF-Uma Thomas, LDF- Dr Jo Joseph, NDA- A N Radhakrishnan.  Voting ends in Thrikkakara after a month long campaigning and preparations.  Two killed in Chengannur after K-Swift bus, car collision.  KSRTC furore over as salary payment grows, govt pays salary as KSRTC couldn't  Twenty-Twenty not to contest Thrikkakara elections.  AAP leader Kejriwal visits Kizhakambalam, the turf of Twenty-Twenty and forms an alliance called as Janapaksham.  Silverline Project- Govt not to put survey pillars instead, opt for Geo tanning and GPS based survey methods.  Thrissur pooram festival held after two years in full swi...