LDF wins Thiruvambadi election by a narrow margin
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Thiruvambadi election results are out. George M Thomas of LDF won by a very narrow margin of 246 votes. In the last election Mathai Chacko had won by a margin of more than 5400 votes. The narrow lead takes more signicance due to the fact that his time DIC(K) party supported LDF. BJP it seems is loosing its existing voter base due internal fights in the party.
An interesting aspect of this election was the record voting levels. Almost 85% of the voters turned up at the polling booths.
Vote Tally
Total votes polled : 135537 (84%)
LDF : 64,112
UDF : 63,866
BJP : 4758
Fifty-year-old Mr. Thomas is the secretary of the CPI(M)’s Thiruvambadi area committee. He is also the joint secretary of the Karshaka Sangham in the district.
