The counting of votes for 140 constituencies in the Kerala assembly polls began at 8 am on Sunday and is underway at a brisk pace. The ruling LDF maintained its lead in 96 of the 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala while the opposition Congress-headed UDF was ahead in 44 segments, as per trends available till 2:00 p.m.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was leading in his home turf against his nearest rival C Raghunathan of the Congress by over 7,810 votes. Meanwhile, Ministers KK Shailaja, AC Moideen, E Chandrasekharan, Kadakampally Surendran, and MM Mani were leading in their respective constituencies. Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy maintained their leads in Haripad and Puthupally respectively. BJP candidates 'Metroman' E Sreedharan and Kummanam Rajasekharan were also leading in Palakkad and Nemom constituencies respectively.

If the various pre-poll and post-poll surveys are anything to go by, it is expected that the Left will get continuation in power with a thumping victory.