KOLLAM: The UDF is hopeful in the Kollam constituency when the first trends are available. Bindu Krishna of the UDF is leading in the postal votes. Although Bindu was leading in the first phase, sitting MLA Mukesh raised the vote tally. However, Bindu was raising the lead again with the promise of not giving up. After an hour of counting of votes, the LDF is leading in 70 places, UDF in 50 and NDA in one.