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May 2, 2021 11:56 PM

Historic day for Left: In Kerala, gets second term but fails to bag even one seat in West Bengal

The Left rewrote history in Kerala on Sunday by becoming the first government to get a second term in four decades but its fortunes fell to a historic low in West Bengal where it failed to bag even one seat, resulting in its complete decimation in a state it once ruled for over three decades. The Left's fall in Bengal was a sharp one. It not only drew a blank in the 2019 national elections but lost its traditional supporters to the BJP, as conceded by its own leaders. Matters came to such a pass that the 2021 assembly polls became a bipolar contest between the BJP and the TMC, with the CPI(M), CPI and the Congress playing in the background.

May 2, 2021 10:04 PM

Few opted for NOTA option in five assembly polls

The 'none of the above' or 'NOTA' option had very few takers in the five assembly polls, counting of which was held on Sunday. According to data available on the Election Commission website, 91,715 or 0.5 percent of the electors used the NOTA option in Kerala.

May 2, 2021 10:00 PM

BJP loses lone seat in Kerala;'Metroman', state president fail

The BJP, which fought the April 2 assembly polls with the fancy claim of winning at least 35 seats in Kerala, on Sunday came a cropper as it failed to retain even its lone segment Nemom, even as all its major contestants, including 'Metroman' E Sreedharan and party state chief K Surendran fell by the wayside. The saffron party's poll ride came to a grinding halt in the state as former Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan, who was entrusted to retain Nemom in the state capital, failed to repeat the magic created by party veteran O Rajagopal there in the 2016 assembly elections.

May 2, 2021 9:40 PM

LDF heading for second term; Wins 70 seats, leading in 29

The ruling LDF in Kerala seems to be heading for a second consecutive term as it has won 70 of the 140 seats and is leading in another 29 segments, according to the Election Commission. This is the first time in over 40 years that an elected government is retaining power in Kerala, bucking the trend of swinging between communists and the Congress led UDF.

May 2, 2021 9:38 PM

Trading of votes between UDF&BJP reason for my defeat, says Jose K Mani

Kerala Congress (M) leader and LDF candidate Jose K Mani, who lost to UDF rival and sitting MLA Mani C Kappan of NCP in Pala, on Sunday alleged that trading of votes between UDF and BJP was the reason for his defeat. Mani lost by a margin of over 15,000 votes.

May 2, 2021 9:19 PM

Poll Pundit Podcast: All you need to know about assembly election results in TN, Kerala and Pondy

Tune in to the Poll Pundit podcast to know all about the 2021 assembly election results in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.Get latest Politics online at cnbctv18.com

May 2, 2021 9:15 PM

CPI(M) fights many battles to retain power in Kerala

If the April 6 assembly poll was an existential struggle for the opposition Congress-led UDF, it was nothing but a chance to script history for the ruling CPI(M) headed LDF by bucking the over four-decade-old trend of alternate front governments in Kerala. When the Left Democratic Front seems to be heading for a clean sweep and retaining power, it scripted a new chapter in the state's electoral history and also ensure that the red flag will continue to fly in the lone Left bastion in the country.

May 2, 2021 9:11 PM

Lack of strong leadership in state led to UDF's downfall

A high voltage statewide campaign raising the Sabarimala women's entry issue and gold smuggling scam failed to better the fortunes of the Congress-led UDF at the hustings,as it lacked a strong state leadership to take on the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF on the ground. The unceremonious fall of the UDF in the assembly elections is also seen as a setback to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had tried to project the UDF as the credible force that could counter the rise of the BJP in the southern state during his campaign.

May 2, 2021 8:56 PM

Former union minister K J Alphons (BJP) loses from Kanjirappally.

May 2, 2021 8:46 PM

Indian Union Muslim League candidate Abdussamad Samadani wins Malappuram parliamentary by-election, as per Election Commission of India.

May 2, 2021 8:36 PM

Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala wins by a margin of 13,666 votes from Haripad.

May 2, 2021 8:30 PM

Kerala Devaswom minister Kadakampally Surendran wins from Kazhakootam by a margin of 23,497 votes.

May 2, 2021 8:29 PM

Pinarayi Vijayan's leadership skills help LDF trounce UDF in Kerala

His decades-long political acumen came to the fore as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan led the ruling LDF to a thumping win over opposition UDF in the keenly fought April 6 assembly polls, bucking an over four-decade-old trend of power alternating between two fronts. A combination of factors contributed to LDF's historic victory, including delivery of a string of populist measures like distribution of free foodgrains and provision kits to all people, better management of the COVID-19 situation by gearing up the public health care system and enhanced and prompt payout of social security pensions.

May 2, 2021 8:18 PM

Poll results prove there is no room for communal politics in Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday dedicated the historic victory of the Left Democratic Front in the assembly polls to the people and said it proved that there was no room for communal politics in the state. Flaying both the Congress led UDF and BJP and a section of the "right wing" media for trying to tarnish the image of the government and its development and welfare programmes, he said the people have rejected their 'vicious propaganda' by giving the Left a decisive mandate.

May 2, 2021 8:01 PM

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