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KANNUR: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has registered a historic win in the byelections to the Assembly from the Koothuparamba and Azhikode constituencies, retaining the two seats with high margins. When the counting of votes was over by 12 noon on Sunday, the United Democratic Front (UDF) was virtually swept away by the stunning margins secured by the LDF candidates. The results have weakened the UDF's allegation of large-scale bogus voting by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the two constituencies in the past. In Koothuparamba, LDF candidate P. Jayarajan of the CPI(M) posted a record margin of 45,377 votes over his UDF rival, K. Prabhakaran, of the Congress. Mr. Jayarajan polled 81,872 votes and Mr. Prabhakaran 36,495 votes. Mr. Jayarajan's winning margin broke his own lead of 18,620 votes over Mr. Prabhakaran in the 2001 Assembly election and the LDF's surplus of 31,580 votes in the Koothuparamba segment in the 2004 Lok Sabha election. All the four independent candidates in the constituency together polled 3,102 votes. It was the Supreme Court's disqualification of Mr. Jayarajan's 2001 election that necessitated the byelection in Koothuparamba. The UDF received a severe drubbing in Azhikode where it had expected a major improvement in its voting share, if not a surprise win. LDF's maiden candidate M. Prakashan of the CPI(M) defeated his UDF rival, C. A. Ajeer, of the Communist Marxist Party (CMP) by a margin of 26,376 votes. Mr. Prakashan polled 62,898 votes and Mr. Ajeer 36,522 votes. The margin of CPI(M)'s T.K. Balan, whose demise necessitated the byelection, in the 2001 Assembly poll was 9,796. The latest margin even crossed the LDF's lead of 19,204 votes in this segment in the 2004 Lok Sabha election. The lone independent candidate here polled 1,651 votes. A quick evaluation of past election results showed that the LDF candidate in Koothuparamba, P. Jayarajan's victory margin of 45,377 votes surpassed all previous records. He broke the record of veteran Kerala Congress leader, R. Balakrishna Pillai, who had secured a victory margin of 36,711 votes in 1980 in Kottarakkara as an LDF candidate in the formative days of the Front. Public Works Minister M.K. Muneer had reached very close to breaking Mr. Pillai's record by securing 36,017 votes in Malappuram in the 2001 Assembly election. His party colleague, E. Ahamed, Union Minister of State for External Affairs, had secured 35,785 votes in Tanur in the 1987 election. That the LDF was heading for a clean sweep in both constituencies was clear in the first few rounds of counting as results started to come from the counting stations here (for Azhikode constituency) and at Thalassery (for Koothuparamba). When the third round of counting was over in Koothuparamba, Mr. Jayarajan had secured a formidable margin of 16,189 votes.
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