Ernakulam, Sept 23: Ernakulam district in Kerala, is today, holding the Lok Sabha bypoll. The polling is expected to conclude at 5 PM.
Polling booths as many as 1214 have been set up in the seven assembly segments that of, Paravoor, Najarakkal, Ernakulam, Palluruthy, Aluva, Mattancherry and Tripunithura. Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all the booths.

Hopes are set high over a clear win of the Congress candidate M O John. However, the really battle is waging within the Congress camp itself. The Karunakaran faction within the party has so far refused to support the official candidate. Bureau Report