Kannur, Dec. 13 -- The ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) continued its dominance in Kannur district, the native place of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan, in the local body elections.
Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) retained the Kannur Municipal Corporation with a comfortable majority (UDF 36, LDF 15, NDA 4, SDPI 1) and won three municipalities--- Taliparamba, Panoor and Sreekandapuram, while LDF won 5 municipalities -- Anthoor, Koothuparamba, Payyanur, Iritty and Thalassery.
The BJP-led NDA improved its performance by increasing the number of wards to four, from one in the Kannur Corporation 2020 results.
Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) also opened its account in Kan...