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With the counting of votes successful the 2026 Assembly elections connected May 4, 2026, the spotlight has erstwhile again turned to the divided, yet influential, Kerala Congress camp, wherever the verdict could signifier not lone electoral fortunes but besides the aboriginal clout, relevance and endurance of its competing factions.
Kerala volition person 140 counting centres crossed 43 locations connected Monday (May 4) for the counting of votes polled successful the April 9 Assembly elections. The counting volition statesman astatine 8 a.m., Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala Rathan U. Kelkar has said, adding that each arrangements are successful spot for the exercise.
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Voter turnout successful the Kerala elections had been updated to 79.63% aft the postal votes were factored in.
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This predetermination is particularly important for Kerala Congress (M), headed by Jose K. Mani, who crossed implicit to the Left Democratic Front (LDF) up of the 2021 Assembly polls aft his melodramatic exit from the United Democratic Front (UDF). That determination reshaped Kerala’s conjugation arithmetic, but the governmental gamble remains unfinished. A 2nd consecutive decision for Mr. Mani successful Pala could woody a superior stroke to his enactment and reopen uncomfortable questions astir the party’s aboriginal direction.
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