2020 Kolazhy Gram Panchayat election explained

Election Name:	2020 Kolazhy Grama Panchayat Election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2015 Kolazhy Grama Panchayat election
Previous Year:	2015
Next Year:	2025
Seats For Election:	All 17 wards in the Panchayat
Majority Seats:	9
Seats1:	12
Last Election1:	7
Seat Change1:	5
Popular Vote1:	9136
Percentage1:	43.49%
Seats2:	5
Last Election2:	10
Seat Change2:	5
Popular Vote2:	8116
Percentage2:	38.64%
Seats3:	0
Last Election3:	0
Popular Vote3:	2808
Percentage3:	13.37%
Panchayat President
Posttitle:	Elected Panchayat President
After Election:	Lakshmi Viswambharan

Election to Kolazhy Grama Panchayat was held on 10 December 2020 as part of Local Body Elections, Kerala.Counting was held on 16 December 2020. LDF secured majority by winning 12 out of 17 seats in the panchayath.^{[1] [2]}

Results(Summary)

Winning Candidates

Ward Number	Ward Name	Winner	Majority	Party	Front
1	Kunnathupeetika	M D Vikas Raj	98	CPM	LDF
2	Attore North	Usha Raveendran	311	CPM	LDF
3	Pottore North	Beena Radhakrishnan	353	CPM	LDF
4	Thiroor	T K Krishnankutty	179	INC	UDF
5	Puthan Madham Kunnu	Indira Sasikumar	257	INC	UDF
6	Athekkad	Sruthi Saji	55	CPM	LDF
7	Kolazhy North	Abhirami Suresh	87	IND	LDF
8	Kolazhy	K T Sreejith	169	CPM	LDF
9	Poovani	Lakshmi Viswambharan	273	CPM	LDF
10	Kolazhy West	Sunitha Vijayabharath	341	CPM	LDF
11	Pottore South	Nijamol Jayakumar	45	CPI	LDF
12	Attore South	Peethambaran I S	120	CPM	LDF
13	Pambur	Rathi Ravi	176	INC	UDF
14	Kuttoor East	Prakash Chittilappilly	199	IND	LDF
15	Kuttoor West	Nisha Sajeevan	9	CPM	LDF
16	Kuttoor North	Martin Kottekkad	128	INC	UDF
17	Kottekkad	P A Lonappan	304	INC	UDF

Results(Detailed)

Ward 1 (Kunnathupeetika)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	M D Vikas Raj			578	98
2	M J Shaju	INC	UDF	480
3	Eljo Chakkalakkal	IND	IND	108
4	Vasu Naduvath	BJP	NDA	100

Ward 2 (Attore North)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Usha Raveendran			681	311
2	Sindhu Jayaraj	INC	UDF	370
3	Valsa Vasu	BJP	NDA	124

Ward 3 (Pottore North)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Beena Radhakrishnan			691	353
2	Sanitha Santhosh	INC	UDF	338
3	Vidhubala	BJP	NDA	263

Ward 4 (Thiroor)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	T K Krishnankutty	INC	UDF	707	179
2	P M Anoop			528
3	K S Ajith	BJP	NDA	109

Ward 5 (Puthan Madham Kunnu)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Indira Sasikumar	INC	UDF	829	257
2	Rosy Thomas	IND		572
3	Sajana Roopesh	BJP	NDA	155

Ward 6 (Athekkad)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Sruthi Saji			512	55
2	Jessy Wilson	INC	UDF	457
3	Anitha	BJP	NDA	185
4	Shajitha T S	IND		98

Ward 7 (Kolazhy North)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Abhirami Suresh	IND	LDF	495	87
2	M N Vijayalakshmi	INC	UDF	408
3	Ramyamol Ramesh	BJP	NDA	181

Ward 8 (Kolazhy)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	K T Sreejith	CPM	LDF	403	169
2	Bharathan Madhathiparampil	INC	UDF	234
3	Gopalakrishnan	BJP	NDA	109

Ward 9 (Poovani)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Lakshmi Viswambharan	CPM	LDF	496	273
2	Raveendran Poluvalappil	INC	UDF	223
3	Balakrishnan Kantampulli	BJP	NDA	216
4	Rajeev Kumar Puthiyedath	IND		19

Ward 10 (Kolazhy West)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Sunitha Vijayabharath	CPM	LDF	583	341
2	M R Shantha	INC	UDF	242
3	Vijitha	BJP	NDA	106

Ward 11 (Pottore South)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Nijamol Jayakumar	CPI	LDF	408	45
2	Prasannakumari	IND	IND	363
3	Swapna Vinod	BJP	NDA	312
4	Sujatha Vijayan	INC	UDF	292

Ward 12 (Attore South)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Peethambaran I S	CPM	LDF	701	120
2	Jomon Kollannur	INC	UDF	581
3	Prakashan	BJP	NDA	92

Ward 13 (Pambur)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Rathi Ravi	INC	UDF	649	176
2	Athira Babu	IND		473
3	Pushya	BJP	NDA	91

Ward 14 (Kuttoor East)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Prakash Chittilappilly	IND		837	199
2	Anto C M	INC	UDF	638
3	Sasi Kallatt	BJP	NDA	117

Ward 15 (Kuttoor West)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Nisha Sajeevan	CPM		507	9
2	Indu Nandakumar	INC	UDF	498
3	Sreedevi	BJP	NDA	402

Ward 16 (Kuttoor North)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	Martin Kottekkad	INC	UDF	485	128
2	Leo Varghese	IND		357
3	Prashanth Chittilappilly	IND		290
4	Vinod Kumar	BJP	NDA	62

Ward 17 (Kottekkad)

Position	Candidate	Party	Front	Vote	Majority
1	P A Lonappan	INC	UDF	685	304
2	Kumaran K C	IND		381
3	B D Robert	BJP	NDA	184

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Body Elections 2020 - TREND by State Election Commission Kerala. 2020-12-28. trend.kerala.gov.in.
2. Mathrubhumi Newspaper, 17 December 2020