Kerala local body poll results -LDF retains Thiruvananthapuram corporation; CM to address media at 6 pm

Overcoming a slew of political controversies that rocked the state in the last few months , the LDF has made clear signs in the crucial Kerala local body elections,considered a curtain raiser for the assembely elections due next year ,on Wednesday. As counting progressed the Left parties had a clear edge over the opposition UDF which lost a handful of their bastions to the former.At a few places the BJP-led National Democratic Front (NDA) also put up an impressive performance in the contest that is being seen as a pointer to the Assembly elections this summer.