Congress-led United Democratic Front on Friday managed to wrest power from the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist-controlled Left Democratic Front in Kerala with a wafer-thin majority of two seats in the 140-member Assembly, in the closest poll battle in the state in three decades.
Coverage: Assembly Elections 2011
UDF won 72 seats, crossing the magic figure of 71 required for a simple majority as against its rival LDF's 68.
Let's take a look at some of the major winners and losers.
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Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Leader: VS Achuthanandan
Party: CPI-M
Status: Won
Detail: The Kerala Chief Minister won by over 23,000 votes against Latika Subash of the Congress
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Leader: K R Gowri Amma
Party: JSS
Status: Lost
Detail: The ninety-two-year-old former firebrand Communist leader and leader of Janadhipathiya Samrakshana Samithi -- a UDF partner -- was defeated by LDF's P Thilothaman, in his forties
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Leader: O Rajagopal
Party: BJP
Status: Lost
Detail: The 82-year-old BJP leader was defeated by CPI-M MLA V Sivankutty
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Leader: Hibi Eden
Party: Congress
Status: Won
Detail: National Student Union President and the youngest contestant, who contested and won on a Congress ticket from the prestigious Ernakulam constituency, defeated veteran CPI-M independent candidate Sebastian Paul by over 30,000 votes.
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Leader: K M Mani
Party: Kerala Congress (Mani)
Status: Won
Detail: He won from the Pala constiuency by 5259 votes defeating Mani C Kappan of the NCP
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Leader: Oommen Chandy
Party: Congress
Status: Won
Detail: Chandy won from his pocketborough Puthupally for the ninth consecutive time
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Kerala Ministers who lost:
N K Premachandran (Water Resources Minister) from Chavara;
Ramachandran Kadannappalli (Devaswom) from Kannur
V Surendran Pillai (Harbour Minister) Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala election: Major WINNERS and LOSERS
Kerala Ministers who won:
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (Home and Tourism) from Thalassery;
M A Baby (Education) from Kundara;
Thomas Issac (Finance)from Alapuzha;
Elamaram Kareem (Industries) from Beypore;
A K Balan (Power) from Tarur
Jose Thettayil (Transport) from Angamally;
P K Gurudasan (Labour and Excise) from Kollam;
C Divakaran (Animal Husbandary and Civil Supplies) from Karunagapally;
G Sudhakaran (Cooperation) Ambalapuzha;
Mullakara Ratnakaran (Agriculture) from Chadayamangalam;
S Sharma (Fisheries) from Vypeen.
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