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UDF crushes LDF in Kerala assembly by-polls - 2009

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Thiruvananthapuram: Continuing with its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress- led UDF today retained all three assembly seats where bypolls were held, routing the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF.
The LDF suffered a blow in politically sensitive Kannur, where Congress candidate and former CPI-M MP A P Abdullakutty
emerged victorious by a margin of 12,000 votes over CPI-M's M V Jayarajan.

Abdullakutty, who represented Kannur twice in parliament on a CPI-M ticket, was expelled from the party a few months
back following serious differences with the CPI-M leadership, after which he joined the Congress.

Congress candidates Dominic Presentation trounced CPI-M's P N Sinulal in Ernakulam by over 8000 votes, while his
colleague A A Shukur retained Alappuzha seat by defeating G Krishaparasad of CPI by 4000 votes.

The November 7 by-polls were necessitated by resignation of sitting Congress MLAs K Sudhakaran (Kannur), K V Thomas
(Ernakulam) and K C Venugopal (Alappuzha) on getting elected to Lok Sabha

consolidate its Lok Sabha performance of lifting 16 of the 20 seats in
the state.The current round of elections were seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2011 assembly polls to be preceded by the
civic elections next year.

Despite its best efforts and high voltage campaign, the LDF failed to reverse the rout it faced in Parliamentary polls.The outcome of today's bypoll will not have any impact on the stability of the government, which is entering its fourth
year.

The campaigning for the by-polls had been unusually vigorous right from the start.

The run-up witnessed sharp exchanges between LDF and UDF in Kannur over issues like alleged irregularities in the voters
list and deployment of central forces.
Election Commission after
the poll process got under way.

Overruling the state government's reservations, central paramilitary forces were deployed in Kannur, under whose
strict monitoring the voting took place.

The performance of the BJP was dismal this time as well, with the party candidates forfeiting deposits in all the
three segments. PTI

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