The Aruvikkara by poll was of great significance as there were many corruption charges leveled against many sitting ministers and officials in the government. Added to that some rebellious leaders in the UDF like P C George and R Balakrishna Pillai alongwith his son B Ganesh Kumar vowed to defeat the UDF candidate and worked without food and sleep for that purpose.
The victory of the UDF Candidate K S Sabarinadhan is not an individual or personal victory but is considered as the victory of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his government even though they say it is the result of collective work. The verdict of the people clearly show that they give more importance to development and peaceful life in spite of corruption scandals.
Though some political analysts and the opposition leaders say that there is anti-incumbency factor in the government, the people's verdict show that they are for the government's welfare schemes and developmental activities.
One reason for the weakening of LDF is because most people are against politics associated with violence.
People also opine that the presence of R Balakrishna Pillai and his son Ganesh Kumar (both are termed as corrupt) in the election meetings did more harm than good to the LDF.
The better performance of the BJP in this elections is only due to the clean image of its candidate O Rajagopal.
The one who is humiliated very much in this election by the people is P C George who often thought and claimed that people of Kerala are with him with their full support for his nonadjustable and impolite behavior. even though he was boasting that his candidate would get a reasonably handful votes and spoil the winning chances of the UDF candidates, ACDF backed candidate Das could poll votes fewer than NOTA.
The election results send a strong message to all politicians that what they feel may not be what people feel...
The official web site of the election commission of Kerala is:
http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/
The final list of candidates with the votes they got in Aruvikkara:
1. K S Sabarinadhan (UDF): Total - 56448: Margin - 10128
2. M Vijayakumar (LDF) Total - 45320
3. O Rajagopal (BJP) Total - 34145
4. NOTA 1430
5. K Das (PC George's ACDF) 1197
6. Poonthura Siraj (PDP) 703
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