Counting on March 21, fronts pin hope on record

KOCHI: With the fates of candidates sealed in ballot boxes, both the LDF and the UDF were confident of a victory in the prestigious bypoll for the Piravom assembly constituency.
Election results will be announced on Wednesday, March 21.Both the fronts claimed that the high poll percentage would favour them. LDF candidate M J Jacob, who lost to the late T M  J Jacob in the 2011 elections by a slender margin  of 157 votes, said he was confident of regaining the seat.  However, he did not say if the higher poll percentage could help the LDF. “I’m one among the people and they know me very well. I have been with  them for many decades. I’m sure that they will give me a chance,”  he said.