After a month-long election campaign, voters of Palakkad voted. Voting started at 7 am and officially ended at 6 pm. However, voting was held in various places till 9 pm. Voters who arrived at the booth before 6pm received a token for their right to exercise their license.
Palakkad has witnessed an unparalleled election campaign season with many controversies and intense triangular battles.
According to the last report, the voting has exceeded 70.50 percent. Palakkad Municipality has the highest voter turnout. The lowest level is kandy gram panchayat. The voting percentage was 74 percent last time. There are 10 candidates including UDF, LDF and NDA candidates in the fray.
Voting was recorded at 57.06% in 105 out of 184 polling booths The initial stages of voting were peaceful but the final hours were tense. The conflict arose when BJP and CPM activists came forward questioning how the UDF candidate reached the booths.
After the vote was in the box, the faces also came forward with shared hopes. CPM District Secretary EN Suresh Babu told the media that political issues and stagnation of Palakkad constituency were discussed in the election. BJP state president K Surendran wrote on Facebook thatBJP will win Palakkad and the UDF will come third Shafi Parampil MP also replied that Palakkad is the election that Kerala wants. The front has only two days left to count the votes.
There was an attempt to stop Rahul Mangoothil at the polling booth in Vennakkara. LDF and BJP activists said that the UDF candidate entered the booth and demanded votes. Rahul Mangoothil was stopped by the workers of both the parties. The argument escalated leading to a fight and the police intervened. As there could be a confrontation, more police arrived at the scene. Rahul responded to the media saying that LDF and BJP workers are creating unnecessary conflict.
BJP Palakkad district president KM Haridas did not vote. When Haridas arrived, the gate was closed and he returned without a vote. Congress workers led by VK Sreekanthan MP had organized in the booth to stop Haridas from voting. MB Rajesh had also replied that he would stop Haridas if he came to vote.
Meanwhile, BJP district president KM Haridas replied that he did not come to vote to avoid conflict. Haridas said that the BJP tried to hold the elections peacefully. At the same time, Haridas replied that VK Sreekantan could not stop even a BJP booth president, let alone the district president.
As of the last report, the voting has exceeded 70.50 percent. Palakkad Municipality has the highest voter turnout. The lowest level is kandy gram panchayat. The voting percentage was 74 percent last time. There are 10 candidates including UDF, LDF and NDA candidates in the fray.
In the first hour of voting, the long queues at the booths eased in the afternoon, but the turnout improved in the evening. In the last lap, you will see a long line of people coming to vote in many places. In the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections, 75 percent of the people voted in Palakkad. The momentum for a campaign with the faces in a strong triangular fight did not show much in the morning voting.
Rahul is the UDF candidate in Mangkoot. P. Sarin is contesting as an LDF independent. NDA candidate C. Krishnakumar is.
Rahul is in the fight to retain the constituency he won in Shafi Parambam. At the same time, it is the responsibility of P Sarin, who left the Congress in an unexpected move, to take the Left Front from the third position to the first place. The BJP aims to continue the progress made earlier through Metroman E Sreedharan and capture the constituency through Krishnakumar.
2024-11-20 16:09:00
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What specific strategies did your party employ to engage voters and counteract misinformation during the recent elections in Palakkad?
As a professional website editor, I would like to know your guests’ perspectives on the recently held elections in Palakkad. Could you please introduce yourself and provide your organizational affiliation?
Guest 1: Thank you for inviting me. My name is Suresh Babu, and I am the District Secretary of the CPM in Palakkad.
Guest 2: I am K.M. Haridas, the BJP District President for Palakkad.
Let’s start with the voter turnout in the Palakkad constituency this year. What were your observations about the voter enthusiasm and participation during the election period?
Guest 1: From our perspective, the voter turnout was very high this year, which is a positive sign for democracy. It reflects the people’s desire for change and their engagement with the political process. The intense campaigning by all the parties, including ours, seems to have resonated with the people, and they came out in large numbers to cast their ballots.
Guest 2: I agree that the voter turnout was high, which is a good thing for democracy. However, I am surprised to see the LDF and UDF candidates claiming that the people of Palakkad want change when the constituency has been performing well under the BJP’s rule. The people of Palakkad have already seen the Metro man’s work, and they know what development he can bring to the table.
Moving on to the key issues that dominated this election, there were concerns raised about misinformation campaigns and allegations of vote-buying. How do you think these factors affected the electoral process?
Guest 1: Unfortunately, these factors did play a significant role in this election. Both the ruling party and the opposition used misinformation to discredit each other, which only confused the voters. In some cases, it even led to violence. As for vote-buying, we could see attempts by both LDF and UDF to influence voters through money and other means. This undermines the whole idea of free and fair elections.
Guest 2: The LDF has always used such tactics to win elections, and this time was no exception. They tried to buy the votes of the poor
