LDF returns in Kerala getting comfortable majority

The CPI(M)-led LDF returned to power in Kerala getting a comfortable majority dealing a huge blow to the ruling Congress-led UDF while BJP created history making its debut. In the 140-member assembly, LDF won 91 seats, UDF 47, BJP and Independents, one each. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Marxist Veteran V S Achutanandan and congratulated him for the LDF's resounding victory.

Immediately after the



poll results were out, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who will be submitting his resignation today, said the poll outcome is a setback and they had not expected such a defeat. Elated over the victory, 92-year-old Achutanandan, who spearheaded the LDF campaign, said it was an LDF wave and the victory is a reflection on the anger of the people on the "corrupt and anti-people policies of the UDF government".