India, May 5 -- The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) on Monday made a decisive victory in Kerala by winning 102 seats in the 140-seat Assembly. The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic (LDF), which was ruling the State for the past 10 years, was reduced to 35 seats. Meanwhile, the BJP won three seats in the State. The UDF's major constituents, the Congress and the Muslim League, won 63 and 22 seats respectively.

"Thank you to my brothers and sisters in Keralam for a truly decisive mandate. Congratulations to every UDF leader and worker for a hard-fought, well-run campaign.

As I said before, Keralam has the talent, Keralam has the potential and now Keralam has a UDF Government with a vision to harness both. I look forward to seeing my Ke...