The government has to strictly ensure that no celebrations or victory parades are conducted in the State on the counting day on May 2, urged IMA leaders.
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About 2.74 crore voters exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 957 candidates.
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Long queues seen as voting starts at a polling booth in Jawahar Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
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About 2.74 crore voters exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 957 candidates.
Polling began at 7 a.m. on Tuesday in Kerala for the 140 seats single phase election to the State assembly, amid heavy security.
Long queues were seen in several polling stations much before the polling began.
Kerala had witnessed a fierce campaign in the run up to the polls by the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP-led NDA.
Do cast your votes today- India is counting on you, Gandhi tweeted.
In a tweet, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, As polling begins in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, I request my sisters and brothers to go out and vote in large numbers and ensure a strong, progressive and prosperous future for themselves. In a Facebook post, she also urged people in Assam to vote in large numbers and strengthen the democratic process. Brothers and sisters in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, it is time to exercise your democratic right, Go Vote! for peace and progress, the Congress tweeted from its official Twitter handle.
Kerala votes with a vengeance, logs 59.91 per cent polling by 3.40 pm
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Kerala seemed to vote with a vengeance with polling for the state as a whole sailing past the 50 per cent mark shortly after noon and clocking in at 59.91 per cent at 3.40 pm in a trend, if sustained, could lead to a record number (77.35 per cent in 2016 and 77.68 per cent in 2019 Lok Sabha elections) by the time voting ends.
The intensity of polling witnessed in the morning was only fractionally dented by noon, with voters milling around at many places defying the hot sun. With the process expected to draw in more voters into the evening, especially along the coastal belt, the numbers could go up sharply, experienced polling agents aver.