Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Total turnout goes up to 79.63% after counting postal ballots

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These are provisional numbers with service votes yet to be added; Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar rejects allegations of undue delay in the publication of the complete poll data

Published - April 13, 2026 08:17 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

The total voter turnout in the Assembly elections in Kerala went up to 79.63% after the postal votes were factored in, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar has said.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, he said that these were provisional numbers with service votes yet to be added. The number of service votes out of a total of 53,984 such voters will be known only on counting day, he said.

Published - April 13, 2026 08:17 pm IST

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