00997nam a22001337a 4500 533165 533165 260427b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Rammohan, K.T. 60278 Local verdict, larger message: Civic polls in Kerala Economic & Political Weekly 61(9), Feb 28, 2026: p.12-15 The setback suffered by the Left Democratic Front in the local body elections in Kerala points to the salience of religious and economic factors, and their interface with governance, in shaping voting behaviour. Of particular significance are popular resentment over the left’s vacillating ideological stance, resistance to top-down development, and growing disquiet among women workers. In the absence of a credible governance narrative, targeted welfare measures also failed to yield an electoral dividend.-Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/9/commentary/local-verdict-larger-message.html Economic & Political Weekly AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408339 IIPA IIPA 2026-04-27 61(9), Feb 28, 2026: p.12-15 AR138679 2026-04-27 AR