Overview
- Statewide tallies show the LDF losing ground across panchayats, municipalities and corporations, even as both fronts secured seven district panchayats each.
- In Kozhikode, the UDF took control of the 28-member district panchayat with 14 seats and support from an RMP member, while the LDF finished with 13.
- CPM state secretary M. V. Govindan rejected talk of anti-incumbency, alleged a UDF–BJP tactical understanding, and ruled out any post-poll tie-up with the Congress.
- Opposition leader V. D. Satheesan said disillusioned Left voters backed the UDF and outlined a January pivot to Assembly-election projects with a goal of returning to power.
- Both camps began probes into local factors, with Congress appointing a Kozhikode panel after its mayoral pick lost to the NDA’s Harish Pottangadi and the CPI(M) pledging district-level introspection after setbacks in key strongholds.