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| Oommen Chandy,the CM of Kerala, Casting His Vote |
Basic Information:-
Oommen Chandy, as well as VS
Achchuthanandan, hopes a good result for this election. Oommen Chandy said that
the rain is an omen for his party, while Achchuthanandan said that the people
of Kerala would dismiss Chandy’s government. For details you can click here Pree-Poll Preparation in Kerala by All Parties.The battle is mainly between
ruling party United Democratic Front anf the Opposition, Left Democratic Front..There
were 1,203 contesting candidates in 2016 general assembly election.Polling
booths in Attappady faced Maoist threat.
So there was a tough CRPF security.
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| Bijayan Casting His Vote |
Polling
percentages for various districts
District
|
3p.m.
|
5p.m.
|
Final
|
Kasargod
|
58.30
|
69.90
|
71.80%
|
Kannur
|
62.12
|
72.88
|
78.49%
|
Wayanad
|
56.84
|
70.32
|
70.42%
|
Kozhikode
|
58.66
|
73.39
|
73.76%
|
Malappuram
|
54.15
|
67.28
|
68.51%
|
Palakkad
|
57.54
|
71.07
|
76.50%
|
Thrissur
|
58.92
|
72.24
|
72.52%
|
Ernakulam
|
58.70
|
72.07
|
72.33%
|
Idukki
|
55.05
|
65.97
|
72.18%
|
Kottayam
|
58.93
|
71.06
|
71.98%
|
Alappuzha
|
58.87
|
73.37
|
74.54%
|
Pathanamthitta
|
52.38
|
61.83
|
61.95%
|
Kollam
|
57.11
|
69.16
|
69.59%
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
44.93
|
67.77
|
67.83%
|
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| Voters for Kumvichalkadavu in Amboor Taking 6Kilometers Trekking and 3 Kilometers Boating |
There was a heavy downpour in Kottayam, Ernakulam, Alappuzha
and Idukki districts since Sunday night.Kaithampoyil Kunahamed, a 70-year-old
voter , died at Perambra constituency in Kozhikode. “KCBC has not asked
devotees to vote for any particular party,” said Thrissur Archbishop Andrews
Thazhath. There was a complaint of assault to three party workers at
Cheruthazham HSS in Kalliassery constituency by CPIM. At Puttadi in Idukki, a
voter died just after he had exercised his franchise. The security personnel
arrested a person from a booth in Shankaravilasam School at Patyam near Panur
in Kannur for an assay to do bogus vote. There peeped a difficulty for three
EVMs in Perambavur in Ernakulam.The officials found a snag in the assigned EVM
for Kanangat booth in Kozhikode south.Poll started after half hour. A UDF agent lodged a complaint that someone had
taken away his electoral roll during the power cut at booth no. 24 at Kathirur
govt VHSS in Thalassery constituency. The poll started again after the recovery
of the roll. Voters of Kumvichalkadavu in Amboor come to cast their votes after
a long struggling journey. They come 6 kilometers trekking . Then they have to
ride a boat for another 3 kilometers. The government should build a strong
bridge for these sufferers. The polling officer came late by half an hour at
Palamanna booth in Ottappalam. So, the poll started late. His relative died.
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| Sreesanth After Casting Vote |
Boycott:-
Voters in Panambukad and Kakkanad did not exercise their
franchises. They boycotted votes as they were the Victims of the Securitisation
and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
(Sarfaesi Act). They complained that no government had addressed their problem
to overcome. The Commission replaced the polling officer fallen ill from 48 in
St. Antony’s LP School in Perumbavur constituency
***. Booth no. 36 at the polling station at the Manjampara
LPS in Vattiyurkavu has the highest number of voters (1,888) in the
Thiruvananthapuram.
Kanayannur Tahsildar ordered the presiding officers in
booths nos 67 and 68 to speed up the poll process after receiving complaints of
a slow poll. Collector asked to report for booth 65 in Tripunithura
constituency for the same reason.
Rehabilitated Sri Lankan refugees exercised their franchise
at Kambamala in Wayanad district . C. Sadanandan, a BJP candidate at
Koothuparamba, complained largescale
bogus voting in many CPI(M) strongholds in that constituency. The Commission
arrested two CPI(M) workers for casting bogus votes in Kannur. District
Collector suspended polling officials. Allegedly, CPI(M) workers at Nallepilly
under Chittur Assembly constituency injured two Janata Dal(Secular) workers.
Heavyweights or Stars in the Fray of Kerala Political Fight:-
1. Chief Minister
Oommen Chandy,
2. Opposition
leader and 93-year-old CPI-M veteran V S Achuthanandan,
3. CPI(M) politburo
member Pinarayi Vijayan,
4. 83-year-old
Kerala Congress(M) supremo and former Finance Minister K M Mani
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| Bijayan |
Heavyweights who Cast Their Votes:-
CPIM leader from LDF alliance Pinarayi Vijayan went to the
polling booth at Amala UPS at Pinarayi with his wife.
CM Oommen Chandy along with his family came to the assigned
booth at Georgian Public School in
Puthuppally to cast his vote. Mammootty cast his vote at Panampilly Nagar
booth. Former Maharashtra governor K. Sankaranarayanan cast his vote at
Sekaripuram in Palakkad
Gafoor P. Lillis, an LDF independent candidate in Tirur,
came with his mother at AMLP School,
Kaithavalappu, Tirur to cast vote The PWD Minister VK Ebrahim Kunju cast his
vote at Alangad Govt Higher Secondary School. Dilip exercised his franchise at
a booth in Aluva. Thomas Issac, former Finance Minister, came to vote at
Alappuzha Kidangamparambu school. Kerala Governor P Sathasivam cast his vote at
Vattiyurkavu Jawahar Nagar booth. Sreesanth, an NDA candidate, cast his vote at
Edapally.
Source:-TheHindu
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