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Congress makes gains in Kerala local bodies polls
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: As counting of votes in the Kerala
local bodies polls progressed Wednesday, the Congress-led
opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) seemed to be making
visible gains over the previous elections in 2005.
UDF, which was wiped out in the last polls, has won the Kochi and
Thrissur corporations and is in a neck-and-neck fight in the
Thiruvananthapuram corporation. Kollam has gone to the ruling Left
Democratic Front (LDF).
Counting for the Kozhikode corporation will be done Oct 31. During
the last polls, all the five corporations in the state were won by
the LDF led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
Of the 59 municipalities, UDF is leading in 37 while LDF is ahead
in 20, an official said. The UDF is ahead in eight of 14
districts.
At the block level, out of 152 seats, the LDF is ahead in 66 while
UDF leads in 57. The LDF is leading in 353 and the UDF in 316
seats out of the 978 gram panchayats.
The results of districts, block and gram panchayats will be out by
Wednesday evening.
LDF was in power in 12 of 14 district panchayats, 33 of 53
municipalities, 114 of 152 block panchayats and 688 of 984 gram
panchayats.
The first and second phase of polls were held Oct 23 and Oct 25.
Electronic voting machines were used in corporations and
municipalities, and ballot papers in the gram, block and district
panchayat elections.
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