Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 (PTI): Kerala witnessed brisk polling for the 140 Assembly constituencies with 43.88 per cent voting recorded till 1pm on Monday. Thiruvananthapuram saw the lowest of 36.14 per cent in the first six hours after the polling began at 7am, election officials said. Earlier: 12% polling till 9am in KeralaTight security has been put in place across the state with the deployment of about 52,000 police personnel from state police forces. A total of 21,498 polling stations are in the state and out of this 250 are fully managed by women. People were seen queueing up in various booths in the state much before the polling that began at 7am despite drizzling in some parts of state.

Source: The Telegraph May 16, 2016 02:22 UTC