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Severe organisational weaknesses of the Congress and the BJP's foray into the traditional anti-Left support-base also helped the LDF coast to victory comfortably, winning 87 of the total of 140 seats so far

As the results for 14 out of 30 Assembly seats were declared, the AINRC bagged eight, BJP three, DMK one and Congress two, the Election Commission said

The report recommended complete closure of indoor spaces including office buildings, schools, restaurants with indoor dining, shops, malls and places of worship

In the 2016 Assembly polls, veteran BJP leader and former Union Minister O.Rajagopal had won the Nemom Assembly constituency in the Thiruvananthapuram district

He said he was confident about the TMC's victory despite the BJP's attempt to "build a massive propaganda" that it was winning.

Earlier, weekend curfew was enforced in nine districts of the state.

As per the Election Commission website, the BJP is leading in 60 out of the total 126 assembly seats.

The French supplies also comprised 28 ventilators and 200 electric syringe pumps to be distributed to several hospitals to enhance their ICU capacities.

"The CPI(M)-led LDF will play its due role in this and we expect that the people of Kerala who have always stood up as one will continue to do so in a more stronger manner," he said.

The Election Commission on April 27 had banned all victory processions after counting of votes in states where assembly polls were held to check the spread of coronavirus.

As per the Election Commission figures, the LDF is ahead in 85 seats, while the opposition Congress-headed UDF is leading in 44 segments and the BJP-NDA, in three constituencies.

After the fourth round of counting, Banerjee is trailing behind her one-time aide Adhikari in Nandigram in East Midnapore district by a margin of 3,710 votes.

The decision will benefit 6,944 working journalists of the state, according to a statement by the CMO.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 60 seats while Congress is leading in 26 seats.

Registration for the newly eligible population groups had commenced on April 28.

Barring weekends, essential commodities would be available on all other days during the two-week-long lockdown, the order issued by Chief Secretary S C Mohapatra said.

The initial trends of 292 seats show that the Trinamool is leading in 189 seats while the BJP is leading in 98 seats and the United Front (Sanjukta Morcha) is leading in rest of the 5 seats.

The incident took place around 9.30 pm on Saturday in the flat located on the seventh floor of a building in Badlapur township.

The active cases have increased to 33,49,644, comprising 17.13 per cent of the total infections.

To maintain social distancing, counting is being held in 17 halls in Belgaum and 12 halls each in Basavakalyan and Maski.

In his tweet, CM said, Today, the results for bypolls will be declared. I appeal to all to avoid any kind of celebration, crowd gathering or lighting firecrackers.

India rolled out the third phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive for those in the age group of 18-45 years on Saturday.

All the exit polls had predicted a clean victory for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left with a minimum of 75 seats and a maximum of 120 seats.

The Congress has established initial leads only on five seats while its partners Bodoland Peoples Front on two seats and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on one seat.