Mamata retains Bengal, Gogoi loses Assam, Chandy loses Kerala: Exit polls

May 16, 2016 19:18

First exit polls figures from the just-concluded voting in Kerala, gives a lead to LDF. According to India Today, it's an LDF win: LDF 94
UDF 43, BJP 1 and Others 2.

Just this morning, CPI(M) Polit Bureau Member and Left Front's chief ministerial aspirant Pinarayi Vijayan claimed there was an "LDF wave" in the state and he may not be far wrong. However, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today expressed confidence that the Cong-led UDF would ride back to power.

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