UDF wins two seats in Wayanad; LDF retains one
The Hindu
Results reverse tally of 2016 elections
After aggressively campaigning against the Pinarayi Vijayan government, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (LDF) put up a convincing performance by winning two of the three seats in Wayanad district in the Assembly elections. In the 2016 polls, the Left parties had won two seats and the UDF one, while the UDF had swept all the three seats in the 2011 Assembly polls. But this time, the UDF captured Kalpetta and Sulthan Bathery, leaving the Mananthavady segment to the LDF. T T. Siddique of the Congress won the Kalpetta seat by defeating M.V. Shreyamskumar of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) by a margin of 5,470 votes. Mr. Siddique secured 70,252 votes and Mr. Kumar got 64,782 votes.
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