New Delhi: The counting of votes for local body polls in Kerala is underway at 244 counting centres across the state. With all COVID-19 protocols in place, the counting of votes of Kerala local body elections started at 8 am on Wednesday. The final results are expected by 1 pm.
State Election Commissioner V Bhaskaran has said the postal votes, including special ballot votes, will be counted first and EVM votes later.
The district collectors of several districts of Kerala have imposed section 144 of CrPC on the basis of reports from concerned district police chiefs. The clashes between party workers were reported in many places of these districts during the election.
The CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress-led, United Democratic Front (UDF) and BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) were in the fray for local body polls in Kerala.
The local body polls were held in three phases in Kerala. 78.64 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the third and the final phase of the local body polls. The second phase recorded 76.38 per cent voter turnout and in the first phase, it was 72.67 per cent.
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Latest trends of the #Kerala local body poll results:
Gram Panchayats-941
LDF -515
UDF -376
NDA-28
Others-22Block Panchayats-152
LDF-108
UDF-44District Panchayats-14
LDF-10
UDF-4Municipality-86
LDF-35
UDF-45
NDA -4
Others -2Corporations- 6
LDF-3
UDF-3— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020
Latest trends of the #Kerala local body poll results:
Gram Panchayats-941
LDF -515
UDF -376
NDA-28
Others-22Block Panchayats-152
LDF-108
UDF-44District Panchayats-14
LDF-10
UDF-4Municipality-86
LDF-35
UDF-45
NDA -4
Others -2Corporations- 6
LDF-3
UDF-3— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020
Kerala local body poll results: As per trends, NDA leading in 22 wards, LDF- 26, UDF -4, in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
BJP District President VV Rajesh wins from Poojappura ward.
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020
BJP workers celebrate in Thiruvananthapuram as NDA leads in 13 wards
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers celebrated in Thiruvananthapuram, where counting is underway for Kerala local body elections on Wednesday.
BJP workers were seen with lotus flowers in their hands and raising slogans hailing the party. As per the early trends of the local body poll results, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is leading in 13 wards.
Kerala: BJP workers celebrate in Thiruvananthapuram, where counting is on, for #KeralaLocalBodyElection2020
As per early trends of the local body poll results, the NDA is leading in 13 wards pic.twitter.com/hbvlBZroqt
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020
In Kerala local body poll results, Left Democratic Front (LDF) has won seven wards, NDA three and United Democratic Front (UDF) one, in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
S Pushpalatha, LDF’s mayor candidate has lost to an NDA candidate by 145 votes.
Cong’s mayor candidate loses by 1 vote to BJP’s in Kerala local body polls
Congress mayoral candidate N Venugopal, has lost to the BJP candidate by one vote, in the Kochi Corporation North Island ward in the state’s local body elections.
"It was a sure seat. I can't say what happened. There was no problem in the party. There was a problem with the voting machine. That may be the reason for BJP's victory. I've not decided to go to court with voting machine issue so far. Will check what happened exactly," he says https://t.co/02aR4FxfIl pic.twitter.com/2pQHZ0j5JX
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020
“It was a sure seat. I can’t say what happened. There was no problem in the party. There was a problem with the voting machine. That may be the reason for BJP’s victory,” Venugopal said. “I have not decided to go to court with the voting machine issue so far. Will check what happened exactly,” he added.
Early trends of the #Kerala local body poll results:
Gram Panchayats-941
LDF -403
UDF -341
NDA-29
Others-56Block Panchayats-152
LDF-93
UDF-56
NDA-2District Panchayats-14
LDF-11
UDF-3Municipality-86
LDF-38
UDF-39
NDA -3
Others -6Corporations- 6
LDF-8,
UDF-2— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020
