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20% of sitting MLAs in Kerala faced tight race in 2016 Assembly elections
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Their victory vote margin was less than 5,000
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Their victory vote margin was less than 5,000
The previous State Assembly elections held in 2016 was a close call for many of the legislators going by their margin of victory. Twenty seven of the 140 sitting MLAs had passed the electoral battle by securing a margin of less than 5,000 votes.
Of this, eight were candidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while one was an independent backed by the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The Indian Union Muslim League was second, with five of its MLAs making it to the Assembly through a margin of less than 5,000 votes. They were followed by the Communist Party of India (4), the Indian National Congress (3) and the Kerala Congress(M) (3). The Congress (S), the Nationalist Congress Party and the National Secular Conference marked one each.
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New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to form the government in Puducherry by grabbing 18 of the total 30 seats in the upcoming Assembly Elections due to take place on April 6, the
Times Now-C-Voter opinion poll has projected.
As per the projections, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) may win anywhere between 16 to 20 seats in the Assembly Elections. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
In the 2016 Assembly Elections, the NDA had won 12 seats.
Meanwhile, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is projected to bag around 12 seats. As per the poll, the alliance could win anywhere between 10 to 14 seats.