In the political affiliation too the representative reputation of the village is kept intact. From the British time the Congress and Muslim League had their presence in Padoor. At earlier times, both parties were lead by the landed aristocracy but the League always maintained a lead in the trials of strength.
During 1960’s the Communist party too made inroads. They did even gain a handful of Muslim members with Comrade Imbichi Bava spotlighting on Muslim Community of the then Ponnani Taluk. Not that the Communists did not meet resistance but a social embargo that they had encountered elsewhere , especially from the conservative Muslim Community members, was not present in this village’s perspective.
The RSS, Jan Sangh and BJP too had their presence; but a communal flare up has always been assiduously spared.
The Christians were a traditional support base of the Congress but with Kerala Congress venturing in to the northern Kerala, the KC has some sort of a following for the present.
Padoor consistently provided top district level leaders of many of these parties, especially Congress, the Muslim League and the Communist Parties.
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