KODUVALLY: The left candidate who contested against Karat Faisal in Choondapuram ward gets zero votes. INL leader Abdul Rasheed was the left candidate here. Muslim league candidate KK Khader stand second. His namesake got only seven 7 votes.

The party withdrew support to Karat Faisal following his alleged involvement in the gold smuggling case. Later Abdul Rasheed was made the left candidate after opposition parties alleged that a tainted politician is going to be LDF’s candidate in local body polls. Even though the party leadership asked Karat to withdraw his candidature, he didn’t accept the party’s plea. The left candidate got zero votes, as his vote was on another ward. BJP candidate secured 50 votes in this area.