Kerala Assembly Election 2021: The vote counting for the Palakkad Vidhan Sabha seat in Kerala is underway. The final results will be out in the evening. Palakkad went to the polls on April 6. All About Palakkad seat: Palakkad seat is set to witness a tight competition with India’s ‘Metro Man’ and BJP candidate E Sreedharan in the fray in this electoral battle. Experts believe that the entry of the technocrat-turned politician Sreedharan has turned Palakkad into a keenly watched contest. Sreedharan, the architect of the metro rail system in the country, joining the BJP was a much-celebrated event among the BJP lovers in and out of the state. BJP hopes to get the benefit from their undeclared Chief Minister face, Sreedharan’s candidature throughout the state. Viewers are advised to keep a tab on india.com for all the latest updates on vote counting in the Palakkad constituency. Also Read – Kerala Election Result 2021 LIVE Updates: LDF, CM Vijayan Set to Make History; Metro Man Sreedharan Trails
Palakkad SEAT LIVE UPDATES:
2:45 PM: Metro Man E Sreedharan is trailing from Palakkad.
Official trends | ‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan, BJP candidate from Palakkad, leading from the Assembly constituency. #KeralaElections2021
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10:58 AM: E Sreedharan maintains his lead as of yet.
9:53 AM: Metro Man E Sreedharan is leading from the seat.
8:00 AM: Counting of votes in Kerala’s Palakkad seat is underway.
The BJP has high hopes in the assembly seat, despite the incumbent MLA Shafi Parambil (Congress) winning a majority of nearly 17,000 votes in the 2016 elections. This is a seat held by the UDF since 2011. BJP is pinning hopes on its increasing vote share in the constituency, which comprises Palakkad Municipality and is one of the two civic bodies in which the BJP is in power in the state.
KEY CANDIDATES THIS YEAR: C. P. Pramod of CPI(M), Shafi Parambil of CONG, E. Sreedharan of BJP
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