Kochi, Friday, February 17, 2012: Anoop Jacob, UDF candidate for Assembly by-poll in Piravom Assembly segment, today said party was totally confident of registering an impressive victory the election. The by-poll was necessitated by the death of Kerala Congress (J) leader T.M. Jacob.
Death of Jacob in October had further eroded the elected strength of the UDF in the assembly to 71 including the Speaker against 68 seats held by the CPI(M)-led LDF opposition.
Well before the poll date was declared, both the UDF and the LDF have announced their candidates and have begun silent campaign in the sprawling segment in Ernakulam district.
While the UDF has chosen Jaocob’s son Anoop Jacob as its nominee, LDF has decided to fielded M J Jacob, who narrowly lost to T M Jacob in 2011 general elections.
M J Jacob had won the seat in 2006 assembly polls, defeating T M Jacob.
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