A bastion of the CPI(M), Dharmadam is all set to elect the LDF in 2016 assembly polls. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election the LDF candidate for the Kannur parliamentary constituency P K Sreemathy had secured a lead of 14961 votes over the UDF nominee K Sudhakaran. In the last 2015 local bodies polls the LDF increased its lead to 27,000 votes. BJP is also steadily increasing its vote share. Mambaram Divakaran has been nominated by the Congress to contest the 2016 assembly election to Dharmadam. CPIM Polit Bureau member and heavyweight Pinarayi Vijayan is the LDF nominee.
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