Kerala’s political fate will be decided on Monday, May 4, 2026, as counting of votes for the April 9 Assembly elections begins. The state witnessed an intense and high-stakes contest among the ruling LDF, the opposition UDF, and the BJP-led NDA. The results are crucial for all three fronts as they seek to strengthen their position in the state’s evolving political landscape. The southern state has a total of 2,71,42,952 voters, of whom 79.63 per cent cast their votes across 140 Assembly constituencies on April 9. A total of 883 candidates contested the election for 140 seats in the state. According to officials, 15,464 personnel, including 140 returning officers, 1,340 additional returning officers, 4,208 micro observers, 4,208 counting supervisors, and 5,563 counting assistants, have been deployed for the exercise across 140 counting centres across 43 locations.
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