Wrests power from BJP in Nemom, also makes inroads in UDF strongholds except Kovalam Share Via Email | A+A A- CPM candidates V K Prasanth (Vattiyoorkavu), Kadakampally Surendran (Kazhakkoottam), and V Joy (Varkala) who emerged victorious in the assembly polls, sharing a light moment at the AKG Centre in T’Pur By Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF finally broke the jinx by securing a second straight term in office, the state capital proved yet again that it holds the key to power. The fronts which had come up trumps in Thiruvananthapuram during the assembly polls in 2011 and 2016 went on to rule the state. And this time too, the capital testified to this as the LDF made a clean sweep of the capital upsetting the apple cart of Opposition heavyweights.