BJP’s VV Rajesh elected Thiruvananthapuram mayor with 51 votes, a first Corporation win for party in Kerala | Kochi News
KOCHI: BJP State Secretary and Kodunganoor ward councillor VV Rajesh on Friday was elected as the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, securing 51 votes. For the first time in history, the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation has a BJP Mayor. He received the support of 50 BJP councillors and one independent member. UDF candidate KS Sabarinathan secured 17 votes, while LDF mayoral candidate RP Shivaji secured 29 votes.On Thursday, BJP has named V V Rajesh, state secretary and Kodunganoor ward councillor, as its mayoral candidate for the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Karumam ward councillor G S Asha Nath has been announced as the party’s nominee for deputy mayor, the BJP said in a press release. For the Thrippunithura Municipality in Ernakulam district, the party has fielded P L Babu as its chairperson candidate and Radhika Varma as vice chairperson candidate, according to the statement. The list of candidates was announced by BJP State General Secretary S Suresh with the approval of BJP State President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, following the NDA’s victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The 2025 Kerala local body elections, conducted in two phases on December 9 and 11, saw the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) emerge victorious across most rural and urban local bodies. A major political shift occurred in Thiruvananthapuram, where the BJP-led NDA wrested control of the corporation, ending the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front’s 45-year-long rule.
