Palakkad is home to the only municipality in Kerala where the BJP is in power. While two grama panchayats that are within the jurisdiction of Palakkad are held by the Left Democratic Front, the remaining one is governed by the United Democratic Front. While the Congress has fielded its sitting legislator Shafi Parambil for the 2016 assembly elections, the BJP has nominated Sobha Surendran who had unsuccessfully contested the Palakkad Lok Sabha seat in 2014 on the ticket of the party. CPM has made N N Krishnadas its nominee.
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