Kozhikode: The Mayoral election to the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation will be held on Thursday at 11 am. District Collector N. Prasanth will be the returning officer.
The office of the Mayor fell vacant after V.K.C. Mammed Koya resigned following his victory from Beypore constituency in the recently held Assembly polls. The LDF is fielding former mayor Thottathil Raveendran as its candidate, while Opposition leader Adv P.M. Suresh Babu is the UDF candidate.
In the 75-member council, the LDF has 47 councillors with Areekkode ward vacant following Mr Koya's resignation. Mr Raveendran is the first Mayor to complete the five-year term in office (2000-2005) since the formation of the Kozhikode Corporation Council in 1962.
Mr. Raveendran has been a councillor continuously for four terms since 1979.
Meanwhile the UDF leadership decide not to seek BJP help in the elections.
