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Chief Electoral officer Tikaram Meena casts his vote at LBS Institute of Science and Technology during Kerala Assembly Elections, in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. (Photo/ANI)
Kerala records over 74 per cent polling in assembly polls ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 22:39 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 6 (ANI): Kerala has recorded 74.02 per cent voter turnout in the assembly elections as the polling for the state ended by 7 pm on Tuesday. In the 2016 assembly polls, Kerala had recorded 77.53 per cent.
Kozhikode has recorded the highest turnout with 77.9 per cent. The lowest turnout was in Pathanamthitta at 68.09 per cent. Thiruvananthapuram district which has a triangular fight on cards in many seats recorded 69.77 per cent. The Ernakulam district saw brisk polling with 74.12 per cent electorate casting votes.
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Kerala heads in for Assembly elections on Tuesday with battle lines drawn between the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) which hopes for continuity of term, and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is being seen as a potential threat in many places. Campaigning came to an end in the state on Sunday for the 957 candidates in the fray for the elections to the 140-member Kerala Legislative Assembly. On March 19, which was the last date for submission of applications, 2180 applications were received all over Kerala by Election Commission. After scrutiny, it dropped to 1061. As many as 957 candidates are contesting in the Assembly elections after the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers.
Four-time MP, three-time MLA, two-time Minister, Congress heavyweight Chennithala all set for battleground Kerala ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 17:04 IST
Haripad (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly since 2016, Ramesh Ramakrishnan Nair, popularly known as Ramesh Chennithala, is one of the key candidates contesting from the Haripad constituency for the fifth time, opposite BJP s K. Soman and CPI s R. Sajilal in the upcoming assembly elections.
Haripad Assembly constituency in Alappuzha district of Kerala is part of the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, which falls in the Travancore region of the state.
In the 2016 Assembly elections Congress Chennithala won from this seat defeating CPI s P. Prasad by a margin of 18,621 votes. After emerging victorious in this election, Chennithala was elected as Leader of the Opposition.