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LDF being challenged by UDF, BJP in Vaduthala East, its bastion for nearly half a century

Updated - December 04, 2025 04:37 pm IST - KOCHI LDF candidate in the Vaduthala East division of the Kochi Corporation O. P. Sunil during his campaigning on Thursday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT In the Vaduthala East division of the Kochi Corporation, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) is determined to preserve its dominance of nearly half a century, while the United Democratic Front (UDF) is intent on denting that cloak of invincibility, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to remind the electorate that it is no longer a two-horse race.

LDF being challenged by UDF, BJP in Vaduthala East, its bastion for nearly half a century

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Key Highlights

  • UDF candidate in the Vaduthala East division of the Kochi Corporation Henry Austin during his campaigning on Thursday.
  • | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The LDF has fielded O. P.
  • Sunil, a former councillor and member of the Vaduthala local committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who scraped past the finishing line with a skin-of-the-teeth victory margin of 21 votes in 2015.
  • However, he remains confident of a far easier victory this time by bettering the 558-vote margin registered by the LDF candidate in 2020.
  • “I have completed three rounds of house visits, and I can feel the acceptance among the people.
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