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Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Kasaragod profile: NA Nellikkunnu won for second time in 2016 in IUML stronghold
Fp Research •The IUML, a constituent of Congress-led UDF, has won every election from Kasaragod Assembly constituency since 1980
Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Manjeshwaram profile: Despite 2019 bypoll win, IUML faces stiff challenge from BJP
Fp Research •The BJP, which has been trying to wrest control of the seat for decades is likely to up the ante in the 2021 Assembly election
How Tamil Nadu's regional nationalism, habitual secularism of a plural society in Kerala halted BJP's march in the South
Pramod •Historically, the insurmountability that the BJP faces in south India arises mainly from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, but their stories of resistance — the politics, the underlying ideologies, and the circumstances — are completely different from each other. One is strongly based on self-respect and counter-nationalism while the other is based on the habitual secularism of a plural society and age-old Centre-Left politics.
CPM's internal report reveals section of traditional Kerala voters also strayed away from party in 2019 Lok Sabha election
•The CPM secretariat in a report in regard to its Lok Sabha poll debacle in Kerala said a section of its traditional voters did not cast their ballot in favour of its candidates.
V Muraleedharan's appointment in Narendra Modi govt indicates BJP's grit to consolidate Hindu votes in Kerala after LS poll drubbing
Tkdevasia •The elevation of V Muraleedharan as a minister in the Narendra Modi government at the Centre shows that Bharatiya Janata Party's failure to win a seat in the Lok Sabha election has not deterred the party leadership from pursuing its mission to 'conquer' the southern state of Kerala.
Poor Kerala Lok Sabha election results cost CPM 'national party' status, put Left's future in jeopardy
Tkdevasia •The CPM and BJP had laughed off exit poll predictions that the Congress and its allies in Kerala may bag between 13 and 15 seats, but the actual results have stunned them
Lok Sabha election 2019: High poll turnout has traditionally aided Congress-led UDF in Kerala; trends may change with BJP in fray
Tkdevasia •Higher turnout in the Lok Sabha election in Kerala has always benefitted the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). Whether this phenomenon will be repeated this year, especially after Kerala recorded its third highest polling percentage of 77.68 percent, is a topic of hot debate in the political circles in the state post-election.
Lok Sabha polls: Fearing cross-voting for BJP, CPM claims pact between RSS, Congress in Thiruvananthapuram
Tkdevasia •The Shashi Tharoor camp feels that some of these mandalam committee leaders may have joined hands with the BJP to help Kummanam Rajasekharan.
Emergence of BJP, Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad, Sabarimala row alters vote bank politics for CPM-led LDF in Kerala
Tkdevasia •The Christian vote bank in Kerala was considered as a pocket borough of the Congress-led United Democratic Front until recently. The emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the last decade as a force to reckon with has, however, altered the equations.
Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Wayanad with Priyanka in tow; slams PM for 'attacking idea of India'
Fp Staff •Rahul, accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior Congress leaders including KC Venugopal and Mukul Wasnik, submitted the nomination papers before the District Collector AR Ajayakumar at the district headquarters in Kalpetta.