The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) delivered a setback to the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Tripunithura or Thrippunithura municipality, where polling for local body elections were held recently, and won 21 wards. The LDF was just behind the NDA, winning 20 wards. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) was a distant third, with 12 wards, according to the result available on the website of the Kerala State Election Commission (SEC).
Tripunithura or Thrippunithura municipality is one of the 13 municipalities in the Ernakulam district, and it had 49 wards in the 2020 local body elections. Back then, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had won 23 wards, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 17 wards and the Congress won seven wards. On the other hand, Kerala Congress won just one ward. This year, the Tripunithura or Thrippunithura municipality has 53 wards. Meanwhile, the local body elections were held in two phases - December 9 and 11 - this year in Kerala. According to the SEC, the overall turnout was 73.69 per cent - 70.91 per cent in the first phase and 76.08 per cent in the second phase.
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