Lok Sabha election results 2019: Congress-led UDF alliance sweeps Kerala

The counting of votes for 20 Lok Sabha seats is Kerala along with other 522 seats, spread across 29 states and seven union territories, is all set to begin at 8 am on Thursday.

Contrary to the 2019 Lok Sabha election results in other states of India, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has bagged a massive victory in the high-profile triangular contest in Kerala by winning a majority of seats out of the total 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state on Thursday. 

Kerala saw a three-way contest between the Congress-led UDF, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI)(M) led Left Democratic Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the aftermath of the Sabarimala issue, after the Supreme Court ordered in favour of the entry of women into the holy shrine. 

According to the 2019 Lok Sabha election results declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Congress-led UDF won 19 seats while the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF had to face a major disappointment as they ended up winning just one seat. 

Congress president Rahul Gandhi might have faced disappointment in Amethi, but he took the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala by winning with over four lakh votes against Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate P.P. Suneer.

Meanwhile, two-time sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor is all set for his third term in Lok Sabha after he won the seat for Congress in Thiruvantampuram by defeating BJP's Kummanam Rajasekharan by over one lakh margin.

Thank you for joining us for the updates on Kerala Lok Sabha election 2019 results. Here are all the updates from Lok Sabha election results from the state:

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress-led UDF has won in 19 seats while the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF ended up winning in just one seat. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: V K Sreekandan of Congress beats CPI (M) M B Rajesh with a margin of 11,637 votes to claim Palakkad seat.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Adv. Dean Kuriakose of Congress takes Idukki Lok Sabha seat by beating Independent candidate Joice George by 1,71,053 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Ramya Haridas of Congress wins seat from Alathur by beating CPI (M) Dr. P.K Biju with 1,58,968 votes.  

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Rahul Gandhi's lead margin in Wayanad has now reduced to 5,17,013 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Rahul Gandhi is now leading in Wayanad by a gigantic margin of 8,32,442 votes.

Kerala: Visuals of celebrations from Wayanad. Congress President Rahul Gandhi is leading by 8,38,371 votes. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/zF1BgzV6lR — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Rahul Gandhi extends lead in Wayanad to 5, 14,627 votes. Congress' Shashi Tharoor surges ahead by 39, 596 votes against BJP's Kummanam Rajasekharan in Thiruvananthapuram.

my lead crosses 30,000; 57% counted. #TharoorForTvm — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Rahul Gandhi is comfortably leading in Wayanad by a huge margin of 2,74,471 against CPI's PP Suneer. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Communist Party of India's Adv. AM Ariff is leading from Alappuzha, while Congress' Ramya Haridas is leading from Alathur. Adv. Adoor Prakash of Congress and Benny Behanan are ahead from Attingal and Chalakudy, respectively. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has extended his lead in Thiruvananthapuram to 14,443 votes against BJP's Kummanam Rajasekharan. 

Kerala: Congress's Shashi Tharoor leading from Thiruvananthapuram
by over 13,000 votes (file pic) pic.twitter.com/zGOa6jK9aA — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress-led UDF is leading in the state with 19 seats while the LDF is currently leading from jus one Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Rahul Gandhi is way ahead in Wayanad, leading by almost two lakh votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is leading from Thiruvananthapuram seat by 11,407 votes against BJP's Kummanam Rajasekhran.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Rahul Gandhi has extended his lead in Wayanad to 1,24,537 seats against CPI's PP Suneer. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress is leading from 15 seats, while LDF is leading from four Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is way ahead in Wayanad, leading by approximately 60,000 votes against P.P. Suneer. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress-led UDF is leading in the state with 12 seats while the LDF is currently leading from seven Lok Sabha seats in Kerala. The BJP, meanwhile, is leading from one seat.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is currently leading from Wayanad by approximately 30,000 votes. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is currently leading from Wayanad by 16,842 votes against CPI P.P. Suneer.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: The LDF is leading from five seats while Congress is currently leading from three Lok Sabha constituency in the state.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is leading on four seats in Kerala while the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance is currently leading from three seats.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Kerala Congress' Thomas Chazhikadan is leading by 937 votes against V.N. Vasavan of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Adv. Dean Kuriakose of Congress is currently leading from Idukki constituency against Independent candidate Joice George. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor trailing from Thiruvananthapuram constituency against former Kerala BJP chief Kummanam Rajasekharan.

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi leading from Wayanad. 

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Kummanam Rajasekharan, BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency, offers prayer at Ayyaguru Ashram in Thycaud ahead of counting of votes.

#  Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan said that for the development of the state and welfare of its people, Kerala should move along with the Bharatiya Janata party-led NDA govt in Delhi. 

Kummanam Rajasekharan, BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: For development of the state&welfare of its people,I think Kerala should move along with NDA govt in Delhi. Now that Kerala is coming up in mainstream, I am very much confident that I'll win in this election. pic.twitter.com/kBpg4YWWXj — ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

# Lok Sabha Election result 2019: The counting of votes is all set to begin at 8 am.

Kerala saw a triangular battle between the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF)the Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI)(M) led Left Democratic Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at least in Pathanamthitta, which is the epicentre of the Sabarimala Temple protests.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), meanwhile, who has never won a Lok Sabha seat in the Kerala, is expected to open his account this time around according to the exit poll predictions on May 19.

It will be interesting to see whether the actual results will match the exit polls or the situation will exactly be the other way round.