KOCHI: Unlike in other districts, the Congress-led UDF could put up a good show in Ernakulam by retaining the prestigious Kochi corporation council and the district panchayat. With 16 seats, the UDF retained the district panchayat which it had wrested from the LDF in 2010. The LDF won 10 and others 1.
However, the UDF’s performance was poor compared to 2010 when it had won 22 seats of the total 26. CPI candidate Sarada Mohan, daughter of former chief minister P.K. Vasudevan Nair, won from Kalady division. LDF-supported independent George Edapparathy won from Kolenchery.
The other LDF candidates elected to the district panchayat are Ayyampilly Bhaskaran from Cherai, P.S. Shaila from Moothakunnam, K. T. Abraham from Varapetty, N. Arun from Valakom, K.N Sugathan from Pampakuda, A.P. Subash from Udayamperoor, Anitha Sheelan from Kumbalangi, Aslaf Parekadan from Edathala and Sheeba Jose from Kadungalloor.
The winning UDF candidates are K.Y. Tomy from Karukutty, Samsn Chacko from Malayattoor, Jansi George from Kodanad, Basil Paul from Pulluvazhy, M.M. Abdul Kareem from Bhoothathankettu, Soumya Sasi from Neryamangalam, Dolly Kuriakose from Avoly, Asha Sanil from Mulanthuruthy, C.K. Ayyappankutty from Puthencruz, Jolly Baby from Vengola, Abdul Muthalib from Keezhmad, Sarala Mohanan from Nedumbassery, Rassia from Alangad, Hema Hareesh from Kottuvally, Sona Jayaraj from Vallarpadam and Rose Mary Lawrence from Vypeen.
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