Kerala Assembly Elections

The Asianet-CFore survey, conducted among 10,396 respondents located in 272 urban centres and 811 rural centres, also found that Pinarayi Vijayan was the most-preferred chief ministerial candidate.

Open to chief ministership if BJP comes to power in Kerala, says E Sreedharan

The 88-year-old technocrat has clarified he is not interested in becoming a governor because it is purely a “constitutional position and no powers at all”. If he becomes a governor, he would not be able to make any real contribution towards developing the state, the 'Metroman' said.

BJP promises anti-love jihad law in Kerala if voted to power

Kerala BJP president K Surendran has said ‘love jihad (interfaith marriage)’ has become a worrisome trend in the state and claimed that even Christian leaders have raised concerns about forced conversions.

Rahul Gandhi begins Kerala visit, meets Cong and IUML leaders

With Assembly elections around the bend, various political parties are doing their homework to finalise seat-sharing with coalition partners. Rahul Gandhi has been insisting on the promotion of new faces and women leaders in the elections to the 140-member Assembly.

Assembly Elections 2016: Congress ousted in Assam, Kerala; Jaya, Mamata retain power

The tiny Union Territory of Puducherry appears headed for a hung house with the ruling AINRC and Congress-DMK alliance locked in a close fight.

Assembly Elections 2016: LDF set to return to power in Kerala

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is leading by around 6,884 votes in Puthupally over his nearest CPM rival Jaik P Thomas after first round of counting.

Assembly Elections 2016: Assembly Elections 2016: LDF leading in 81 seats

BJP-NDA, which had fielded candidates in all constituencies, is ahead in only one constituency and is trailing in all others.

Kerala Assembly polls: LDF leading in 18 seats

Kerala Minister A P Anil Kumar (Cong) is leading by 2325 votes in Wandoor constituency and minister K C Joseph (Cong) leading by 635 votes at Irrikur in Kannur district.

Kerala records 43.88% polling till 1 PM

Thiruvananthapuram saw the lowest of 36.14 percent in the first six hours after the polling began at 7 AM, election officials said.

202 crorepatis, 311 with criminal cases in Kerala polls: ADR

"Out of the 1,125 candidates, 202 are crorepatis. 43 from INC, 24 from CPI(M), 18 from BJP, 18 from Bharath Dharma Jana Sena, 2 from AIADMK, 17 from IUML, 9 from Kerala Congress (M) and 30 independent candidates have declared assets worth Rs 1 crore and above in their affidavits," a survey by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said today.