CPI(M) to hold extended Kozhikode district meeting amid electoral setbacks
The CPI(M) will hold a two-day extended district committee meeting in Kozhikode from October 6 to discuss corrective measures adopted at a recent State committee meeting. The gathering follows losses in local bodies and Assembly seats, with leaders expected to consider renewed engagement with voters.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will hold a two-day extended district committee meeting in Kozhikode from October 6, 2026, amid recent electoral setbacks in the district. Party sources said the meeting would follow up on corrective measures proposed during an extended State committee meeting held in September. Polit Bureau member and Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan is scheduled to inaugurate the gathering at the AKG Auditorium.
Central committee members E.P. Jayarajan, Elamaram Kareem, K.K. Shailaja, C.S.
Sujatha, P.K. Sreemathi, P. Sathidevi and T.P.
Ramakrishnan are expected to attend. About 120 leaders, including district committee members, area committee secretaries and party members who hold positions in class and mass organisations, will participate. The decisions of the State committee meeting are expected to be presented, after which delegates will be able to express their views.
The meeting comes after the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front lost power in the Kozhikode district panchayat and several local bodies. Its representation in the Legislative Assembly from the district fell to one member, with the LDF winning only Beypore among the district’s 13 seats. The party also suffered defeats in Kozhikode North, Elathur, Balussery, Koyilandy and Perambra.
In Vadakara, United Democratic Front-backed Revolutionary Marxist Party candidate K.K. Rema won a second consecutive term. The LDF had won 11 seats in the district in the 2021 Assembly election.
Party leaders are expected to discuss ways to implement the State committee’s call for internal correction and reconnect with people across social groups. Family meetings were held in local committees before the State meeting, and party leaders said more than 100,000 people, including sympathisers, attended them. Some leaders have pointed to the reduced majority of the UDF candidate in a recent Kuttichira ward by-election as evidence of dissatisfaction with the State government.
They believe the party may be able to benefit from that sentiment.
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