An LDF worker in Kerala, Babu Varghese, shaved off his moustache after his party failed to retain Pathanamthitta Municipality in Kerala local body elections. He had vowed to shave the moustache if his party lost the municipality. UDF emerged as biggest winner in the polls, securing 505 of the 941 Gram Panchayat seats followed by LDF, which won 340 seats.