In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) candidate from the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency E T Mohammed Basheer had secured a lead of 7,245 votes over his nearest rival LDF backed independent candidate V. Abdurahman in the Tirur assembly constituency. However, the lead was much less than the 23,566 votes by which margin the party won the seat in 2011. The LDF is ruling Tirur municipality and two gram panchyats whereas the UDF is in power in four gram panchayts.
While IUML has fielded its sitting MLA C. Mammootty to contest the seat in 2016 assembly elections, the LDF is backing independent candidate P. Abdul Gafoor. N.K. Devidasan is in the fray on behalf of the BJP.
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