Kerala Votes Today As Left-Congress Revolving Door Meets BJP's Push

Kerala will vote for a new government and pick from more than 900 candidates including high-profile leaders for its 140 assembly constituencies.

In a state with a four-decades-old tradition of alternating between the two main coalitions every five years, will these elections buck the trend - that's the all-important question that more than 2.74 crore people in Kerala will get to decide today. After weeks of a stormy campaign with marathon rallies and mammoth roadshows, the state admired for its high governance and progress metrics, is all set to vote for a new administration and pick from more than 900 candidates including high-profile leaders for its 140 assembly constituencies. The two traditional coalitions - the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-headed United Democratic Front (UDF) are seeking another term in these polls while the BJP, long an outlier in the southern state, is trying to wedge its way in. Results will be announced on May 2, alongside several other state and territory elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.