Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates: Metroman E Sreedharan of BJP leads by over 4,000 votes in Palakkad
Sreedharan was able to bag a sizeable number of postal votes and was able to maintain a lead when the EVMs were opened.
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Updated: May 2, 2021, 01:38 PM IST
Counting of votes began at 8 am on Sunday in Kerala and in the initial rounds Metroman E.Sreedharan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in the Palakkad Assembly constituency with over 4,000 votes. Sreedharan was able to bag a sizeable number of postal votes and was able to maintain a lead when the EVMs were opened.
Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates: LDF could become first govt to retain power in state as counting picks pace
The Left s stunning performance can be attributed to no one other than Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who led from the front. File photo
Updated: May 2, 2021, 01:38 PM IST
With the counting of votes in the Kerala Assembly elections picking pace and reaching the halfway mark in many of the 140 constituencies, the indications are that the Left is set to rewrite the state s electoral history by becoming the first government to retain power.
According to present indications, the Left Democratic Front is leading in 93 seats while the Congress-led United Democratic Front in 44 and the BJP in three seats.
Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates: Left leads as UDF trails, BJP moves in 2 seats
The Congress led-UDF made a slight forward progress and the BJP was leading in two constituencies. Security personnel stand guard outside a strong room ahead of counting of votes of the Kerala Assembly election, in Ernakulam. (Photo: ANI)
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Updated: May 2, 2021, 10:54 AM IST
Counting of votes that began at 8 am on Sunday in Kerala is showing that the Left after leading in the postal ballot, continued to maintain its lead when the EVMs were opened, while the Congress led-UDF made a slight forward progress and the BJP was leading in two constituencies.
Updated May 03, 2021 · 12:35 am West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Sunday. | PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday led the Trinamool Congress to a spectacular victory by defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Assembly elections that were held in a record-eight phase despite the raging coronavirus pandemic. By 12.20 am on Monday, the Trinamool Congress was leading in 213 of Bengal’s 294 seats and the saffron party appeared set to finish below the 100-mark.
The results for Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry have also been trickling in since 8 am.
Anti-incumbency took a beating in West Bengal, Assam and Kerala. In Tamil Nadu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance was leading in over 150 seats and party chief MK Stalin is all set to become the chief minister for the first time. In Puducherry, the All India NR Congress-led National Democratic Alliance beat the Congress