HC to ECI: Hold RS polls for 3 seats in Kerala during present Assembly term
The court held the legislative intent was that the election process to the RS seats must be completed before the retirement of incumbent members.
The court held the legislative intent was that the election process to the RS seats must be completed before the retirement of incumbent members.
In the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, 71.79% of voters turned for voting till 5 in the evening,Kerala recorded a voter turnout of 74% in the Assembly polls, Puduchery, recorded 76.03% voter turn out.
Voting in Bengal for phase three of eight-phases ; single-phase polling in Tamil Nadu, Kerala,Puducherry; last leg in Assam
Voting began at around 7 AM amid tight security and strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols.
The May 2 result of Kerala polls will determine Rahul’s decision whether to take up the Congress president post again or not. The party is set to elect a new head in June and Rahul has decided not to run for the post.
Thrissur has traditionally been a Congress bastion, after INC’s Therambil Ramakrishnan won five consecutive terms as MLA from the Assembly constituency.
BJP has fielded former Mizoram governor and senior party leader Kummanam Rajasekharan, from here, while CPI-M has deputed its old guard, V Sivankutty, to win back the constituency. The Congress has fielded sitting MP K Muraleedharan from the seat.
PM Modi, addressing an election rally at Palakkad, Kerala, said, “About LDF it can be said, Judas betrayed Lord Christ for a few pieces of silver and the Left Democratic Front betrayed Kerala for a few pieces of gold.”
Chennithala, in his petition, has said that there are large scale discrepancies in the electoral rolls for the Assembly polls, multiple entries of the same voters are in the voters list published by the Election Commission.
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