Kerala Election Reults

• Achuthanandan resigns, Congress introspective

  A day after the Left Democratic Front led by him lost the assembly polls, V.S. Achuthanandan on Saturday resigned as the Kerala Chief Minister while the Congress-led United Democratic Front said it will introspect as to why its margin of victory was so thin.Right from the morning, a steady stream of top officials and political leaders came to call ...

• LDF will be tough Opposition: Achuthanandan

  The outgoing Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, whose Left Democratic Front (LDF) lost power to the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the state assembly polls, said they would now function as a "tough opposition" working for people's benefit."We will function as a very tough opposition with the only objective of doing good for the ...

• Left may manage to hold onto Kerala

  Early leads suggest the Left Front may manage to win Kerala.  This suggests  VS Achuthananadan may buck the anti-incumbency trend and return as Chief Minister of Kerala.Different rounds of counting are underway - the numbers will keep changing as the counting progresses.  It's been a neck-and-neck race for the Congress-led UDF and th...

• Assembly elections: Kerala goes to Congress-led UDF, but only just

  It was the closest match in the Indian Political League today. The Congress-led UDF and the CPM-led LDF were neck and neck right from when counting of votes began, and at the end, the UDF just managed to edge past the ruling coalition, crossing the half-way mark by a mere two seats in Kerala. For Congress leaders crowded around a small TV set at th...