2NDLD BYPOLL 3

In southern state of Kerala, the Left Democratic Front
(LDF) suffered a blow in politically sensitive Kannur, where
Congress candidate and former CPI-M Member of Parliament (MP)
Abdullakutty emerged victorious by 12,000 votes over M V
Jayarajan of CPI(M).

Abdullakutty, who represented Kannur twice in the Lok
Sabha on a CPI-M ticket, was expelled from the party a few
months back following serious differences with the Left
leadership, after which he joined the Congress.
Congress candidates Dominic Presentation trounced CPI-M's
P N Sinulal in Ernakulam by over 8000 votes, while his
colleague A A Shukur retained Alappuzha seat by defeating G
Krishaparasad of Communist Party of India (CPI) by 4000 votes.
The by-polls were necessitated by resignation of sitting
Congress Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) K Sudhakaran
(Kannur), K V Thomas (Ernakulam) and K C Venugopal (Alappuzha)
on getting elected to Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament).
The results showed that United Democratic Front (UDF) had
been able to repeat its Lok Sabha performance when it bagged
16 of the 20 seats in the state.
The current round of elections were seen as a dress
rehearsal for the 2011 assembly polls to be preceded by the
civic elections in Kerala next year. The outcome of Tuesday's
bypoll will, however, not have any impact on the stability of
the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, which is entering
its fourth year.
The Left Front, which had fielded candidates in all the
10 seats in West Bengal, lost all but Goalpokhar constituency,
when Forward Bloc won the seat represented by Deepa Dasmunsi
of Congress and wife of ailing former Union Minister of India
P R Dasmunsi. Deepa has entered the Lok Sabha.
TC candidates retained Alipore, Bongaon and Serampore and
and wrested Rajganj and Belgachia seats from the CPI-M, while
Congress retained Sujapur in West Bengal. (More) PTI TEAM
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