Kerala, Common Civil Code- fight for 20 seats...
Following the renewed debate on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), both the ruling CPI(M) and the opposition congress in kerala have opened a front against the bjp government at the Centre. Both the parties are now preparing themselves to win the votes of the minorities keeping the lok sabha elections in mind. General election 2024 will be crucial for both CPI(M) and congress in Kerala. In the 2019 general elections in kerala, a state with 20 parliamentary constituencies, the congress won 16 seats and its allies three seats. But the congress failed miserably in the 2021 assembly elections and the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) retained power with a huge mandate.
Based on the 2011 Census of India, the minority population (Muslims) in kerala is 26 percent. The most backward castes are 9.8 percent, and Christians are 18 percent. At the same time, according to the 2011 census, there are more than 30 million Malayali (Malayalam language speaking) caste people in Kerala.
In the 2019 lok sabha elections, 65 percent of Muslim votes went to the UDF, and 30 percent to the LDF. The voting percentage for nda was zero. Minor changes were observed in the voting pattern of the ezhava and Nair communities and the Christian communities, apart from the Muslims. 45 percent of the ezhava community of the Hindu class went to the LDF, 28 percent to the UDF and 21 percent to the NDA. On the other hand, 20 percent of the votes of the Nair communities went to the LDF, 35 percent to the UDF, and 43 percent to the NDA. In this way, a slight change in the voting pattern of Hindu class ezhava, Nair communities, Muslim and Christian communities affected the electoral fortunes of United Democratic Front (UDF) and Left Democratic Front (LDF).
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