Kerala Assembly elections | Development, drinking water make it a do-or-die battle for the Attingal seat

Reserved for Scheduled Castes, the Attingal constituency is poised to witness a spirited three-cornered contest between LDF, UDF and NDA

Attingal gifted a win by a wide margin for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the last Assembly elections, yet the shifting fortunes in the various polls since then have led to the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the National Democratic Front (NDA) fancy their chances. This is evident in the spirited campaigning put up by the fronts over the past few days. CPI(M) candidate O.S. Ambika spent the early part of Saturday meeting people in a few colonies near Kilimanoor. The lone woman candidate of the LDF in the district, the 54-year old CPI(M) Attingal area committee member is a familiar face in some parts of the constituency, having served as the president of Mudakkal grama panchayat and now in her second term as the president of the Chirayinkeezh block panchayat.