New Delhi, May 4 -- Pinarayi Vijayan election result LIVE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, a CPI(M) candidate, who trailed in the initial stages of counting, has taken lead of more than 11000 votes in Dharmadam constituency as of 2:32 pm, according to Election Commission. While being the face of the LDF in the Assembly election, Vijayan is seeking a mandate from Dharmadom for the third time.

Adv. VP Abdul Rasheed from Indian National Congress is trailing as of 1:20 pm, showed the Election Commission website.

In 2021 Kerala assembly elections, Vijayan won against INC's C. Raghunathan by over 50,000 votes from the Dharmadam constituency.

Vijayan won over Congress' Mambaram Divakaran by 36,905 votes from Dharmadam constituency in ...