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Kerala Assembly polls: LDF leading in 81 seats CPI-M headed LDF in Kerala is leading in 81 of the 140 Assembly constituencies while ruling Congress-led UDF is ahead in 47, according to early trends after the first round of counting. BJP-NDA, which had fielded candidates in all constituencies, is ahead in only one constituency and is trailing in all others. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is leading by 2,849 votes in Puthupally, while Opposition leader and CPI-M veteran V S Achuthanandan is leading by 4,056 votes in Malampuzha. UDF ministers P K Kunhalikutty, Manjalamkuzhi Ali, A P Anil Kumar and Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan are also leading in their constituencies.  Click here to see more Live updates for Elections

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016 - Latest News, Dates, Results and Updates  Polling in 21,498 booths to elect representatives to the 140-member   Kerala Elections 2016   assembly, began at 7 a.m today. The 2.61 crore electorate will be choosing their representatives from the 1203 candidates, including 109 women, who are in the fray. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, IUML leader and Industries Minister P K Kunhalikutty, Kerala Congress (Mani) supremo and former Finance minister, K M Mani, 93-year-old V S Achuthanandan, CPI-M leader, Politburo member, Pinarayi Vijayan, BJP state president, Kummanam Rajasekharan and cricketer-turned politician Sreesanth are among those contesting. Among the early voters were Pinarayi Vijayan, actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi and Congress MLA Sabarinath. Minister of State for Excise K Babu, who came under flak for his alleged role in the bar scam that rocked Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's ...

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016 When Kerala Elections goes to polls on May 16, there will be many who will be voting for the first time. But there is one special, first time voter who will be the poll mascot in District Kannur. 100 year old Thressiamma Chacko who lives with her son Johny in Kolakkad in District Kannur, Kerala, will vote for the first time in her life in these assembly polls in Kerala. Thressiamma received her voter I-card from District collector P Bala Kiran who personally visited her home to hand over her I-card. "She is very active even at this age and really enthusiastic to exercise her franchise. She will be an inspiration to all voters to exercise their franchise in the upcoming polls," Bala Kiran told PTI. Kannur Collector’s Facebook page shared images of the centenarian receiving the card and training from government workers about using the electronic voting machine. Thressiamma had applied for her voter i-card at Akshaya Centre of the Kera...

  Kerala Assembly Elections 2016 With electioneering for the May 16 Assembly polls in   Kerala Elections   picking up steam, emergence of the BJP-led NDA third front has become the main campaign plank of the ruling UDF and its rival LDF with both targeting it and as as a result relegating to the background, the solar and bar bribery scams. The bipolar politics of Congress-led UDF and CPI(M) headed LDF that dominated state's electoral arena for the past several decades seems to have received a beating with the third Front of BJP-led NDA becoming a reality this time. With only a fortnight left for the polls, both UDF and LDF are fiercely attacking the BJP led-NDA alliance with slogan of 'BJP free   Kerala Elections Result Assembly' as their main agenda. UDF that focused its electioneering in the initial stages on 'development initiatives' of the government to retain power has lately shifted its campaign gear by targeting BJP. Similarly LDF, which attacke...