LDF bags nine of 11 constituencies in Kannur
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Kannur district turned crimson on Sunday because the Left Democratic Front swept the Assembly elections by profitable nine of the 11 constituencies.
The LDF managed a snug win in Payyanur, Kaliyassery, (*11*), Kannur, Azhikode, Mattanur, Dharmadam, Koothuparamba, and Thalassery constituencies.
The United Democratic Front managed to retain its sitting seats in Irrikur and Peravoor whereas dropping the Azhikode constituency to the LDF.
The UDF has been consecutively profitable the Azhikode constituency. However, it acquired a significant blow in the constituency, the place the sitting MLA and Indian Union of Muslim League chief, K.M. Shaji, misplaced the election to the LDF candidate, K.V. Sumesh, by a margin of 5,405 votes. After the delimitation, the constituency, which was an LDF bastion, was gained by UDF in the final two Assembly elections.
However, now the LDF wrested again the constituency by fielding Mr. Sumesh.
As anticipated, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan gained the election in Dharmadam constituency by a snug margin, defeating the UDF candidate C. Ragunathan. Mr. Vijayan, who acquired 95,522 votes defeated the UDF candidate with an enormous margin of 50,123 votes.
In Mattanur, Health Minister K.K. Shailaja defeated her shut rival, Illikkal Agasthy of the UDF by a margin of 60,963 votes. It was no completely different in Koothaparamba, the place LDF candidate K.P. Mohanan of Loktantrik Janatha Dal defeated the UDF candidate Pottankandi Abdulla by a margin of 9,541 votes.
In Thalassery, A.N. Shamsheer continued his profitable streak by defeating the UDF candidate, M.P. Arvindakshan, by a margin of 36,801 votes. While in the LDF stronghold of Kalliassery, 30-year-old LDF candidate M.Vijin, who was contesting for the primary time, gained the election by a whopping margin of 44,393 votes to defeat the UDF candidate Brijesh Kumar.
In Payyanur, LDF candidate T.I. Madhusoodanan gained the election by defeating his nearest rival of UDF M. Pradeep Kumar by a margin of 49,780.
LDF candidate Kadannappally Ramachandran as soon as once more ensured his victory in Kannur constituency, the place he defeated UDF candidate Satheeshan Pacheni by 1,745 votes.
In (*11*) constituency, senior CPI(M) chief and LDF candidate M.V. Govindan gained the election.
Despite a win in (*11*), which is a LDF stronghold, there was enormous dip in the vote share and Mr. Govindan gained the election by a margin of 22,689 votes. This is in distinction with the 2016 elections when the LDF candidate gained the election by 40,617 votes.
For the UDF, sitting MLA, Sunny Joseph, retained the seat in Peravoor by defeating the LDF candidate Zakhi Hussain by a margin of 3,352 votes. The Irrikkur seat was gained by Sajeev Joseph, who defeated LDF candidate Saji Kuttiyanimattom by a margin of 10,010 votes.
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