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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

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Kerala Assembly elections

Kerala Assembly elections

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.

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First Published: May 02 2021 | 5:57 AM IST