Overview
- Counting in Dharmadam began Monday with postal ballots and then moved to Electronic Voting Machine rounds.
- News outlets are sharing early leads, but the Election Commission’s results portal is the only official tally and will declare the MLA at the end.
- The field includes Pinarayi Vijayan (CPI(M)), Adv. V.P. Abdul Rasheed (INC), K. Ranjith (BJP), Vadi Hareendran (IND), and Vijayan A.M. (IND).
- Vijayan won the seat by big margins in 2016 and 2021, a track record that frames how parties read today’s count.
- Dharmadam, a prominent Kannur constituency with about 202,778 registered voters and high turnout, is tracked for clues about northern Kerala’s mood.