Initial trends in Kerala show that of the 87constituencies, the ruling Left leads in 50 seats, when counting of postalvotes were taken up first at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
The Congress-led UDF leads in 36 and the BJP on one seat.
Looking back at previous elections, it's always the Leftthat has the edge when it comes to postal ballots.
Voting took place in the state on April 6 to elect 140legislators to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The ruling Pinarayi Vijayan government has been touted towin the polls by all the exit polls, which have been dismissed by theCongress-led Opposition.
While hitherto the average number of postal ballots in aconstituency stood around 500, this time in some constituencies, it has gone upto as high as 4,000 votes because voters aged above 80 were allowed thisfacility and this time there were more election officials.
Moreover this time one will have to wait for almost 30minutes to know the latest updates as the practice of providing live updates onthe website of the Chief Electoral officer is not there this time and hence theresults will only be available manually when the concerned official at therespective counting centre comes out with their half-hourly report.