Overview
- Vijayan, who resigned Tuesday, was asked by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to stay on as caretaker.
- He had sent his resignation to the Governor through a special envoy while staying at his home in Kannur.
- He later flew to Thiruvananthapuram and rode to his official residence in a private car without his usual security convoy.
- Election Commission figures put the United Democratic Front at 102 of 140 seats and the Left Democratic Front at 35.
- His once comfortable Dharmadam margin fell sharply, signaling how the UDF surge cut into long-held Left strongholds.