BJP Candidate And 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan Leading In Kerala's Palakkad

Kerala election results 2021:Palakkad's significance for the BJP is that the party came second in this seat in the last state election

'Metro Man' and BJP's freshly minted member E Sreedharan is winning in Kerala's Palakkad with 6,754 votes. His party is leading in 4 seats in the state, latest trends show. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has crossed the halfway mark of 71 with 85 seats, the latest trends also show. The Congress and its allies are leading in 50 seats. Palakkad's significance for the BJP is that the party came second in this seat in the last state election. The Palakkad municipality is also governed by the BJP. The Congress's Shafi Parambil won in Palakkad by over 17,000 votes in the last election. He has been fielded again on this seat by the party. The BJP is hoping to capitalise on the goodwill of Mr Sreedharan, 88, a former engineer who led the Delhi Metro and other big projects across the country, in the hope of getting winning votes.