LDF's sitting MP and candidate in Alappuzha AM Arif attributed the decreased voter turnout to intense heat and humidity.
Long queue at a polling booth in Kerala. (CEO_KERALA/ X)
After polling concluded in 20 constituencies in Kerala, candidates across political parties exuded confidence about their victory and hoped the drop in voter turnout would favour them. UDF candidates largely criticised delayed voting, technical glitches of EVMs, and lack of arrangements at polling stations to beat the heat for the low turnout.