Kerala Elections: Keralites exercise their suffrage Given the pandemic, apart from the 2,736 polling booths, 1,428 additional booths were opened to facilitate the assembly elections this year. Share Via Email | A+A A- Voters standing in queue to cast their votes at St Aloysius UP School, Mampally, near Anchuthengu on Tuesday | B P Deepu Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Despite the pandemic threat and rising mercury levels, voters come out in large numbers to decide who will rule them in the next five years. Interestingly, most of them are not ready to predict the outcome Given the pandemic, apart from the 2,736 polling booths, 1,428 additional booths were opened to facilitate the assembly elections this year. In majority of booths, voting began at sharp 7am. By 3.30pm, the voting percentage had already crossed 60. Apart from a couple of untoward incidents like bogus voting and few conflicts, the assembly polling was under control in Thiruvananthapuram.