Thiruvananthapuram: The state of Kerala went to the polls to elect its fifteenth legislative meeting. Counting of votes will start at 8 a.m on Sunday for the 140-member Kerala Assembly.
There are 140 seats within the Kerala Legislative Assembly. LDF-led by the CPI(M) holds the bulk with 91 seats. Out of the 91 LDF seats, 58 belong to the CPI(M), 19 to the CPI, JD(S) holds 3, IND owns 4, KC(M) has 2 to its title whereas NCP, KC(B), C(S), and INL maintain one every.
Polling for the Kerala State Assembly concluded on April 6 and witnessed a high-pitched battle as electoral contenders Oommen Chandy, Pinarayi Vijayan, Ramesh Chennithala and C Raghunath jumped into the fray. The 2021 Kerala Assembly Elections additionally discovered E Sreedharan make his electoral debut on a BJP ticket. The 88-year-old who just lately joined the BJP earlier than the polls is projected because the celebration’s Chief Minister face.
Breaking down the 41 seats held by the Congress-led UDF, the INC has 21 seats, the IUML has 18, KC(J) has one belongs to NCK.
The BJP holds just one seat within the 140-seater Kerala Assembly and there are 7 vacant seats.
The exit polls on Kerala state meeting elections:
Kerala Exit Poll outcomes (Total seats -140):
LDF is predicted to retain energy in Kerala, as per most pollsters.
Zee News Maha Exit Poll:
LDF – 91, UDF – 47, Others – 2
Republic-CNX:
LDF – 72-80, UDF – 58-64, BJP – 1-5, Others – 0
India Today – Axis My India:
LDF – 104-120, UDF – 20-36, BJP – 0-2
ABP News – C Voter:
LDF – 71-77, UDF – 62-68, BJP – 0-2, Others – 0
News 24 – Chanakya:
LDF – 93-111, UDF – 26-44, BJP- 0-6, Others – 0-3
The ruling LDF alliance is predicted to retain energy because the pollsters predict a troublesome one for UDF.
Here are the 5 key candidates to watch out for:
1. Pinarayi Vijayan:
CM Pinarayi Vijayan achieved a large victory in native physique polls. Vijayan assumed his workplace in 2016 and since then he’s going sturdy. If exit polls are thought of, he’s all set to are available in energy as soon as once more.
2. Kummanam Rajasekharan:
Rajasekharan is a BJP candidate from the state. He has labored as the previous governor of Mizoram. He was Party President from 2015-2018. Rajasekharan can be contesting elections from Nemom, Thiruvananthpuram. BJP within the earlier elections had managed to win a seat from this constituency and it will likely be fascinating to observe what outcomes come on this time.
3. Oommen Chandy:
Chandy is a key candidate from the Puthupally constituency for the Congress celebration. In the 2016 State Assembly elections, Chandy received from this seat beating Jaick C Thomas of CPM by a margin of 27,092 votes.
The 77-year-old veteran Congress chief is among the many high contenders to be the chief minister if the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) will get a majority within the Kerala polls.
