The two-month long campaign saw the ruling Congress-led UDF and CPI(M) headed LDF engaging in a fierce battle
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat said they do not generally go by the exit polls as they are "unreliable"
Kozhikode recorded the highest voting percentage at 81.89%
CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan also asserted that his coalition was set to win the Kerala assembly election
The state capital Thiruvananthapuram recorded the lowest of 44.93% till 3 pm
Mammootty, his actor son Dulquar Salman and actor and BJP Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi were among the celebrities who cast their vote today
Tight security has been put in place across the state with the deployment of about 52,000 police personnel from state police forces
Sathasivam had first registered himself as a voter earlier this month
While Kozhikode recorded 13.16% turnout till 9 a.m, it was 9.62% in Idukki and 8.21% in Thiruvananthapuram
Among the early voters were Pinarayi Vijayan, actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi and Congress MLA Sabarinath
Said the state would give PM Modi a fitting reply for drawing a parallel between Somalia and Kerala
Said situation in the state did not become like the African country because BJP never came to power here
Said that the pride of Malayalees all over the world was deeply affected
The bipolar politics of Congress-led UDF and CPI(M) headed LDF seems to have received a beating with the third Front of BJP-led NDA becoming a reality this time
Even though the main battle is between UDF and LDF, the NDA has made the electoral contest triangular in many constituencies
CPI(M) Politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan will be crossing swords with school and college mate, Congress leader Mambaram Divakaran
Top BJP national leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a series of election rallies from this week
He accused both parties of relying on politics of 'vote banks'
The senior Congress leader said the single point agenda of the BJP is to finish off the Congress party
The CPI(M) leader also cited lack of governance by the Congress-led govt to predict an LDF victory in the polls