Counting underway for Kerala by-polls, CPI-M candidate takes early lead (Lead)
Thursday - May 31, 2018 8:58 am ,
Category : INDIA
Counting underway for Kerala by-polls, CPI-M candidate takes early lead (Lead)
Chengannur (Kerala) May 31 (IANS) Counting of votes for the by-polls to the Chengannur Assembly seat in Kerala was underway on Thursday with CPI-M candidate Saji Cherian taking an early lead with over 1 500 ballots.
Election experts predicted that the signs were positive for Cherian as compared to the 2016 Assembly polls when the Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate had a lead of only 400 votes.
"The signs are good and victory is becoming clear because I have led in all the 14 booths which include strongholds of the Congress-led UDF " said Cherian.
Congress candidate D. Vijayakumar is the second position followed by the BJP s P.S.Sreedharan Pillai.
The by-polls for the Chengannur Assembly seat was necessitated following the death of CPI-M legislator K.K. Ramachandran Nair in January.
Voting for the seat took place on Monday.
--IANS sg/ksk
Election experts predicted that the signs were positive for Cherian as compared to the 2016 Assembly polls when the Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate had a lead of only 400 votes.
"The signs are good and victory is becoming clear because I have led in all the 14 booths which include strongholds of the Congress-led UDF " said Cherian.
Congress candidate D. Vijayakumar is the second position followed by the BJP s P.S.Sreedharan Pillai.
The by-polls for the Chengannur Assembly seat was necessitated following the death of CPI-M legislator K.K. Ramachandran Nair in January.
Voting for the seat took place on Monday.
--IANS sg/ksk
