Palakkad: An unusual and much-discussed outcome emerged from the local body election results in Hidayat Nagar, Division 12 of Pattambi Municipality, where the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate failed to secure even a single vote, triggering political debate and sharp reactions from rival fronts.

According to polling figures, not one vote was recorded in favour of the CPM-backed LDF candidate in the ward. What added to the intrigue was the revelation that the candidate himself had exercised his franchise in favour of another contestant, setting what many observers described as an extraordinary and ironic precedent in local electoral politics.

The United Democratic Front (UDF) alleged that the CPM nominee deliberately refrained from voting for himself in order to indirectly support t

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