Thiruvananthapuram: BJP has won in Kanthallur ward of Karod Panchayath in Thiruvananthapuram. It becomes a major victory for BJP as the seat belonged to CPM since thirty years.
BJP candidate K Pramod has defeated V Soumya(CPM) and T Sathyaraj(Congress).The by-election is conducted as the CPM member Sibi Binu got a job.
CPM lost four wards in Thiruvananthapuram district in which UDF secured three wards and BJP, one.