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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 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...