Overview
- The BJP secured 50 wards in the 101-member Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, with the LDF at 29, the UDF at 19, and two independents.
- R Sreelekha, Kerala’s first woman IPS officer and former DGP, won the Sasthamangalam ward as a BJP candidate.
- She is being projected in multiple reports as the BJP-led NDA’s likely mayoral pick, though the party has not announced a decision.
- Falling one seat short of a majority, the BJP may require backing from independents or allies to control the council and elect the mayor.
- On polling day, Sreelekha posted a pre-poll survey later criticized by Minister V. Sivankutty as a violation of election norms, and she deleted it.