The Thrippunithura Municipality witnessed a neck-and-neck competition between Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Chief Minister P Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), with the former slightly edging past the latter in the Kerala local body elections. According to the Kerala State Election Commission (SEC), the NDA won 21 wards and the LDF won 20 wards. The United Democratic Front (UDF) was distant third after the Congress-led alliance 12 wards.Â