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Counting of postal votes begins in Kerala, Left ahead in initial trends Twitter Initial trends in Kerala show that of the 87 constituencies, the ruling Left leads in 50 seats when counting of postal votes was taken up first at 8 a.m. on Sunday. The Congress-led UDF leads in 36 and the BJP on one seat. Looking back at previous elections, it's always the Left that has the edge when it comes to postal ballots. Voting took place in the state on April 6 to elect 140 legislators to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The ruling Pinarayi Vijayan government has been touted to win the polls by all...

NEW DELHI: The Left is on course to create history in Kerala. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF is ahead in 80 out of the 140 seats in the southern state while the Congress-led UDF is leading in 44, as per the current trends. If the trends hold, Vijayan will stay on as chief minister of Kerala for another five years. Rare feat While it is not uncommon for ruling parties to get re-elected in an election, Kerala has stood out as an exception over the years. In the last four decades, Kerala has not once re-elected a ruling government. The state has stuck to a decades-long cyclical LDF-UDF-LDF-UDF...

With elections behind us, it is now time to save lives and contain the pandemic

The LDF victory is being seen as a popular endorsement of the Pinarayi governments welfare schemes, including multiple pensions for vulnerable sections, the handling of the back-to-back floods, the Nipah and Covid outbreaks by providing medical care and free food-kits to all, and also an endorsement of Pinarayis style of leadership.

Rajnath congratulates Mamata, Vijayan, Stalin on victories in assembly polls Rajnath congratulates Mamata, Vijayan, Stalin on victories in assembly polls ANI / Updated: May 2, 2021, 18:47 IST West Bengal Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for their success in the assembly polls. In tweets, he extended his best wishes to the three opposition leaders with trends from the Election Commission showing that the ruling Trinamool Congress is heading for major victory in West Bengal, ruling LDF is poised to retain power in Kerala and DMK-led alliance would come to power in Tamil Nadu. BJP was the ma...