Summary:
But these organizations have succeeded in preventing ‘outsiders’ taking over the Wayanad seat and preserving it for Congress leader T Siddique. This has been the case in previous elections and we expected a change this time around. Malappuram, Ponnani and Wayanad are the strongholds of the UDF while the Front has a good chance of winning in Alappuzha where Shanimol Usman is contesting. IUML had to satisfy with its traditional seats in Malappuram and Ponnani. Among the four seats allotted to the community by the LDF, there is remote chance for their candidates to win except in Alappuzha, it added.Some Muslim organizations had put pressure on the IUML to bargain for one more seat, but the move failed to materialize..