An analysis questions whether the Vadakara constituency will once again see a consolidation of anti-CPI(M) votes in the upcoming elections.

New police station buildings were inaugurated in Kozhikode, and the Chief Minister launched the construction works of the State’s first rural jail at Puthuppanam near Vadakara in Kozhikode through videoconferencing.

Left Democratic Front has an upper hand at present in these seats, and the United Democratic Front has only one MLA

K.P. Unnikrishnan, a former Union Minister and senior Congress leader who served as MP for Vadakara from 1971 to 1996, has passed away.

Rashtriya Janata Dal to field M.K. Bhaskaran from Vadakara in Kozhikode, P.K. Praveen from Koothuparamba in Kannur, and P.K. Anil Kumar from Kalpetta in Wayanad as LDF candidates