Suresh Gopi, E Sreedharan leading

The counting of votes for 140 constituencies in the Kerala assembly polls is under way. Candidates in the electoral contest are keeping high hopes and exuding confidence that the people’s mandate will be in their favour.

Riding high after various pre-poll and post-poll surveys that predicted Communist Party of India (M)-led Left Democratic Front victory, acting state secretary and LDF convener A Vijayaraghavan was confident that the Left will get to retain power with a thumping victory.

Actor Suresh Gopi of the BJP was leading in Thrissur and in Palakkad constituency BJP’s E. Sreedharan was leading by 2,200 votes.