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Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has never lost a by-election while in power and the Congress is defending its long-held seats - the results of the three assembly by-polls this Saturday may not alter the state's power structure but there is plenty of pride at stake.
Elections were held for the Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha assembly seats after their Congress legislators got elected to the Lok Sabha in the May 2009 general elections.
The outcome will not impact the 140-member assembly where the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) led LDF has a comfortable 98 seats and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has only 42, but still plenty of pride is at stake
Congress leader and union Defence Minister A.K. Antony says "The mood is the same as was seen in May 2009 Lok Sabha elections. We are sure that all our three candidates will win without any problems,"
"This time we will rewrite the record books and victory is a certainty," said CPI-M's M.V. Jayarajan, a two-time legislator, who is contesting from Kannur. His comrades recall the LDF's record of never having lost a by-election while in power.
It is at Kannur, where the no CPI-M contestant or its ally has won since 1965, that the campaign pitch reached a crescendo.
In Ernakulam, a Congress bastion since 1957 except for two elections, the Congress has fielded former minister Dominic Presentation against the CPI-M's local leader P.N. Seenulal.
Alappuzha has been represented in the assembly by the Communist Party of India (CPI) -- the second biggest constituent of the ruling Left alliance -- six times since 1957.
