24 days of waiting begin, counting on May 4

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It will take 24 days to find out which side the public mandate supports. The vote counting is scheduled for May 4. In 2021, the waiting time was a day longer, with polling conducted on April 6 and counting held on May 2.

The real tension for candidates and political fronts begins now. Each day feels like a countdown, similar to preparations for a rocket launch.

All three fronts will carry out their post-poll assessments today and tomorrow. These evaluations are based on votes they are confident about and those they believe they have secured. Through this, they try to estimate the number of votes their candidates may receive. However, there have been elections in the past where such calculations turned out to be completely wrong.