Kerala election results 2021: LDF wins 97 seats, UDF 41; BJP draws a blank

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE updates: LDF rewrote history by breaking Kerala's four-decade-old trend of swinging between the communists and the UDF

10:05 AM

Veteran Kerala politician R Balakrishna Pillai is no more

The 87-year-old R. Balakrishna Pillai, one of Kerala's stalwart politician breathed his last at a hospital at Kottarakara on Monday, said family sources.

 

Pillai was ailing due to old age problems and was a few days back admitted to the hospital following breathing problems.

 

However he passed away after coming to know that his film star son K.B. Ganesh Kumar won his fifth straight assembly elections from Pathanapuram in Kollam district.

 

Pillai's glorious political career began in 1960, when he won his first assembly election from Pathanapuram as a Congress candidate and then he had no reason to look back till 2006, when he lost from his home base at Kottarakara and after that he has stayed away from electoral politics. 

5:16 AM

Final tally: LDF bags 97 seats, UDF 41, BJP 0

At the final count of votes on Sunday, the LDF bested its own previous tally of 91 by winning 97 seats in the 140-member Assembly. Opposition UDF won 41, while challenger BJP, which had opened its account in 2016 with one seat, drew a blank.

10:07 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Kadakampally Surendran wins from Kazhakkoottam constituency

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Kadakampally Surendran wins from Kazhakkoottam constituency

9:10 PM

Kerala election results 2021: Counting on smoothly, but website slow due to server overload, says EC

Kerala election results 2021: Counting on smoothly, but website slow due to server overload, says EC

8:49 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Former union minister K J Alphons loses from Kanjirappally

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Former union minister K J Alphons loses from Kanjirappally

8:43 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala wins by margin of 13,666 votes

Kerala: Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala wins by margin of 13,666 votes from Haripad

8:41 PM

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE: 'Metroman' E Sreedharan loses election from Palakkad

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE: 'Metroman' E Sreedharan loses election from Palakkad

8:09 PM

Kerala election results 2021: Welfare thrust helps left rewrite history

Effective implementation of welfare schemes has helped chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan lead the left democratic front (LDF), rewrite history, and return to power in Kerala. This is the first time in history that an incumbent chief minister came back to power after completing a full term. Kerala alternates between UDF and LDF even when governments perform reasonably well. Except in 1977, no ruling front has been re-elected.

 

The LDF, a coalition, is likely to win 99 out of the 140 seats in the Kerala assembly. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is leading in the remaining 41 seats.

 

In the 2016 elections, the LDF had won 91 seats, and UDF had won 47 seats. Read on...

7:56 PM

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE updates: PM Modi congratulates Pinarayi Vijayan

6:15 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Congratulations, Kerala!, tweets Sitaram Yechury

6:03 PM

Kerala election results LIVE: Not the time to celebrate due ot Covid-19 pandemic, says Pinarayi Vijayan

"The people of Kerala have once again reposed faith in the Left front. But this is not a time to celebrate due to the large spread of Covid-19. We have to continue the fight against Covid-19," Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on LDF's strong performance in the state elections.

5:17 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Health Minister KK Shailaja wins Mattannur constituency

She says, "The LDF in Kerala got a thumping victory in assembly elections and are thankful to people of Kerala."

3:52 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Arvind Kejriwal congratulates Vijayan

2:54 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE: This is a significant victory, says CPIM's Prakash Karat on LDF leading

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE: This is a significant victory, says CPIM's Prakash Karat on LDF leading

2:31 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE: Latest updates

2:22 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Here are the leads so far

Kerala election results 2021 (140/140 seats)
Party	Lead	Won
LDF	90
UDF	44
BJP	3
Others	3

2:10 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: CM Vijayan's son-in-law set to win

Senior DYFI leader and the son-in-law of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, PA Muhammad Riyas has a lead of over 15,000 votes in Beypore, considered to be a CPM stronghold. 

2:06 PM

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE: LDF breaks 40-year jinx in Kerala

For the past four decades in Kerala, no coalition has been re-elected to power. The trend of see-sawing power between the LDF and the UDF is set to come to an end this time.

 

2:04 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: VT Balram concedes defeat in Thrithala

VT Balram of the Congress conceded defeat in a Facebook post. He has been defeated by CPM's MB Rajesh from Thrithala in Palakkad district. He wished success for the new government of the LDF. 

12:55 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: LDF ahead in 89 seats, UDF in 45

Kerala election results 2021 (140/140 seats)
Party	Lead	Won
LDF	89
UDF	45
BJP	3
Others	3

12:36 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Ex-state BJP chief Kummanam Rajasekharan leading in Nemom

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief and the party candidate from Nemom, Kummanam Rajasekharan is leading from his constituency as counting of votes is underway in Kerala.

 

Rajasekharan, who was also the former Mizoram Governor, is contesting against V Sivankutty of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and MP K Muraleedharan of the Congress.

 

The polling in the state was held in a single phase on April 6.

 

The counting of votes has also started today for the high-stakes Assembly polls in - Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and the Union territory of Puducherry adhering to Covid-19 protocols.

12:33 PM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: K K Shailaja's lead in Mattanur is more than 23,000 votes

Kerala health minister K K Shailaja's lead in Mattanur is more than 23,000 votes.

11:45 AM

Kerala polls: 'Metro man' E Sreedharan leads in Palakkad constituency

'Metro man' E Sreedharan, Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Kerala's Palakkad, is leading from the constituency as counting of votes is underway in the state.

 

The BJP has fielded Sreedharan who is contesting against sitting MLA Shafi Parambil of Congress and CP Pramod of CPI-M.

 

Sreedharan, the architect of the metro rail system in the country, joining the BJP was a much-celebrated event among the party lovers in and out of the state. Read on...

11:43 AM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE: BJP's Suresh Gopi leading from Thrissur Assembly constituency

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE: BJP's Suresh Gopi leading from Thrissur Assembly constituency

11:26 AM

Tamil Nadu election result 2021 LIVE updates: DMK leads in 15 constituencies in Chennai

DMK leads in 15 constituencies in Chennai

11:24 AM

Tamil Nadu election result 2021 LIVE updates: K T Rajenthra Bhalaji trails in Rajapalayam

DMK candidate S Thangapandian is leading with 12,035 votes while minister for milk and dairy development, K T Rajenthra Bhalaji, is trailing with 11,323 votes after the fourth round of counting.

11:23 AM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Congress' Ramesh Chennithala leading from Haripad constituency

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: Congress' Ramesh Chennithala leading from Haripad constituency

 

10:59 AM

Kerala election results 2021 LIVE updates: LDF ahead in 89 seats

Kerala election results 2021 (140/140 seats)
Party	Lead	Won
LDF	89
UDF	48
BJP	2
Others	1

10:57 AM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: MM Mani increases his margin by more than 17,000 votes

MM Mani increases his margin by more than 17,000 votes

 

10:48 AM

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: 'Metroman' E Sreedharan leads from Palakkad

Kerala election result 2021 LIVE updates: 'Metroman' E Sreedharan leads from Palakkad Assembly constituency.