Kerala Assembly Elections 2016

A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...

'Metro Man' and BJP's freshly minted member E Sreedharan will fight the Kerala assembly election from Palakkad, the party has said. The BJP has only one MLA in the state ruled by the Left Democratic Front, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party-led ruling UDF candidates in Kerala next week as electioneering for May 16 Assembly elections in the state enters the final stretch.

CPI-M leader and Kerala chief minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that his government will have no place for influence peddling and graft.

As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.

Pinarayi Vijayan, known as a taskmaster and an organisation man to the core, has pipped his bitter rival V S Achuthanandan to the top post in Kerala politics, notwithstanding the spirited campaign by the 93-year-old leader to ensure the Left's victory in the Assembly election.

Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.

The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.

The unfailing pendulum-like swing of Kerala politics has delivered the state to the Left-led Left Democratic Front, or LDF, unseating the Congress-led United Democratic Front, or UDF. The LDF won 91 seats -- an upward swing of 24 seats -- to the UDF's 47.

It's a big day for J Jayalalitha and Mamata Banerjee - both keep their states. Assembly election results for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry today.

Sarbananda Sonowal will be the new chief minister of Assam with the BJP winning Assam, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have chosen to retain their powerful women chief ministers, Mamata Banerjee and J Jayalalithaa.

The Congress, which has been decimated in Assam by the BJP and by the Left front in Kerala have managed to wrest power in the union territory of Puducherry in alliance with the DMK winning 17 of the 30 assembly seats.

As the Left Democratic Front (LDF) returned to power in Kerala after a five-year hiatus, five parties that cast their lot with either the LDF or the Congress-led United Democratic Front failed to open their assembly account.

Early leads for Kerala elections show the Left front ahead, with the incumbent Congress coalition trailing. Kerala has a total of 140 seats. The panchayat elections recently held gave the Left 57% of the seats, with 42% for the Congress-led UDF. The BJP and others got the balance one percent.

A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...

'Metro Man' and BJP's freshly minted member E Sreedharan will fight the Kerala assembly election from Palakkad, the party has said. The BJP has only one MLA in the state ruled by the Left Democratic Front, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party-led ruling UDF candidates in Kerala next week as electioneering for May 16 Assembly elections in the state enters the final stretch.

CPI-M leader and Kerala chief minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that his government will have no place for influence peddling and graft.

As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.

Pinarayi Vijayan, known as a taskmaster and an organisation man to the core, has pipped his bitter rival V S Achuthanandan to the top post in Kerala politics, notwithstanding the spirited campaign by the 93-year-old leader to ensure the Left's victory in the Assembly election.

Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.

The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.

The unfailing pendulum-like swing of Kerala politics has delivered the state to the Left-led Left Democratic Front, or LDF, unseating the Congress-led United Democratic Front, or UDF. The LDF won 91 seats -- an upward swing of 24 seats -- to the UDF's 47.

It's a big day for J Jayalalitha and Mamata Banerjee - both keep their states. Assembly election results for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry today.

Sarbananda Sonowal will be the new chief minister of Assam with the BJP winning Assam, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have chosen to retain their powerful women chief ministers, Mamata Banerjee and J Jayalalithaa.

The Congress, which has been decimated in Assam by the BJP and by the Left front in Kerala have managed to wrest power in the union territory of Puducherry in alliance with the DMK winning 17 of the 30 assembly seats.

As the Left Democratic Front (LDF) returned to power in Kerala after a five-year hiatus, five parties that cast their lot with either the LDF or the Congress-led United Democratic Front failed to open their assembly account.

Early leads for Kerala elections show the Left front ahead, with the incumbent Congress coalition trailing. Kerala has a total of 140 seats. The panchayat elections recently held gave the Left 57% of the seats, with 42% for the Congress-led UDF. The BJP and others got the balance one percent.