Nothing much to cheer about for UDF in Ernakulam Updated: Updated: Scars left by rival fronts in its strongholds will take a while to heal Share Article AAA CPI(M) workers in a jubilant mood at Thripunithura on Wednesday after the LDF retained power in Thripunithura Municipality. The left cruised to victory in most districts, winning over 10,000 of the 21,867 wards in local bodies. | Photo Credit: ThulasiKakkat Scars left by rival fronts in its strongholds will take a while to heal The hat-trick win in the Ernakulam District Panchayat and victory in majority of municipalities saved the face of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Ernakulam amid the State-wide drub, even as the scars left by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on its citadels in the Kochi Corporation will take a long time to heal.