Kerala polls: 26.49 lakh voters to decide fate of candidates in Ernakulam
Passbooks issued by cooperative bank, voter’s slip given by parties not to be accepted as valid ID proof; Covid patients can vote from 6pm to 7pm
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KOCHI: After the month-long intense campaigning by various political parties in Ernakulam, it is now up to the electorate to decide on their choice of candidates. On Monday, most of the candidates were on a silent campaign, concentrating more on squad work and door-to-door campaign as a last-minute effort to ensure maximum support. In the district, a total of 26,49,340 voters in 14 assembly constituencies will march to the booths on Tuesday. The district has 93,359 new voters this year. As per the Election Commission’s order, the voters should carry a valid ID proof with them.
The Left front will secure over 100 seats in the Assembly polls, according to CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who stepped down as State secretary of the party on health grounds a few
Kerala Assembly Election 2021: Voting begins, fate of 957 candidates to be decided today
People battling from COVID-19 will be allowed to vote in the last hour of polling on Tuesday during the Kerala assembly elections.
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Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 07:02 AM IST
Three alliances, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), are pitted against each other in the Assembly elections being held in Kerala on Tuesday.
Voting started at 7 am and will conclude at 7 pm. There are 957 candidates in the fray in the 140 assembly constituencies. The counting of votes will be held on May 2.
Kerala Assembly polls | Pinarayi leans on religious metaphor to claim LDF would coast to victory
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Chennithala mocks the Chief Minister for invoking Lord Ayyappa on polling day
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Kerala Chief Minister and CPI (M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan after casting his vote at Pinarayi, Kerala, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
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Chennithala mocks the Chief Minister for invoking Lord Ayyappa on polling day
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said, arguably in a non-literal sense, that the deities of the land would bless the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
The government had stood with the people and succoured them during the catastrophic floods and later the COVID-19 pandemic. He said, seemingly metaphorically, that Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity of Sabarimala temple, would favour the government because it had taken care of the people. Other religions also backed the ruling front, he said.
As the polling for the third phase in West Bengal and Assam and single phase poll in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are underway, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urged the people to exercise their franchise.
Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter and wrote, Do cast your votes today - India is counting on you. His sister Priyanka Gandhi, who is in home isolation after her husband Robert Vadra tested positive for Covid-19, took to Twitter and wrote, 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.