Kerala Assembly Elections results highlights: LDF set to return to power, Vijayan hails win as 'victory of people'
Counting is underway in Kerala today and the LDF is set to secure a second term in a historic win, breaking a 40-year-old jinx of the state of swinging between the Communists and the Congress-headed UDF. The BJP is facing disappointment in the state as all its key candidates are trailing.
For constituency-wise results from Kerala Assembly elections, check out the map
20:0802 May 2021
Kerala: BJP's E Sreedharan, popularly known as 'Metro Man', loses to Congress candidate Shafi Parambil from Palakkad Assembly constituency, as per Election Commission
Kerala Health minister K K Shailaja wins by a record margin of 60,963 votes from Mattannur
19:4702 May 2021
No swearing-in tomorrow, says Kerala CM
"The news that the swearing-in ceremony will take place tomorrow is not true. The resignation will be submitted when I reach Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow. The rest will be decided after discussion with the party and the Front," Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.