This is the first time in more than 40 years that an elected government is retaining power in Kerala; BJP wiped out in the state
CPI (M) leader K K Shailaja (right) wins from Mattannur constituency with a record margin of 67,000 votes. Pic/Instagram@shailajateacher
Kerala
The Left rewrote history in Kerala on Sunday by becoming the first government to get a second term in four decades. The ruling LDF won a second consecutive term with over 90 seats and the BJP was wiped out. The UDF has won 41 seats.
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Vijayan could become only the third chief minister in the state to be re-elected and the first to continue in office after completing a full term.
Prominent winners include Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his cabinet colleagues K K Shailaja, M M Mani, A C Moideen, KadakampallySurendran, Kadannappally Ramachandran, K Krishnankutty, T P Ramakrishnan and K Chandrasekharan.
Prominent winners from the UDF camp were Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, former minister Anoop Jacob and K K Rema, the Revolutionary Marxist Party leader backed by the front.
2016 Results
Total seats 140
LDF (CPI(M)+) 91
UDF (Congress+) 47
BJP 01
OTHER 01
lDF (CPI(M)+) 99
UDF (Cong+) 41
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