47-year-old Udayan AS has been on bed-rest since more than a month, but fighting the pain he reached his polling station to vote.
An abrupt spell of rains on polling day in Kerala, failed to deter many excited voters as they queued up in front of voting booths, registering 71 per cent turnout till 5 pm.
In Kottayam, 25-year-old Anu, reached the polling booth, decked up as a gorgeous bride. Her wedding ceremony was to start in less than two hours. Already late at the beauty parlour, she insisted she wanted to cast her vote - her first ever.
"I am very happy and excited that I have been able to cast my first vote," a smiling Anu told NDTV.
47-year-old Udayan AS, scales coconut trees for a living, but has been on bed-rest since more than a month, with a fractured foot. But fighting the pain and the consistent drizzle, Udayan reached his polling station to vote.
Puthupally in Kottayam is seen as a Congress bastion and a confident Oommen Chandy emerged a smiling aftercasting his vote, accompanied by his family.
"I am sure UDF is heading for a second consecutive term," he told NDTV.
Challenging him is 26-year-old Jake C Thomas, who has cast his first Assembly election vote today.
"The youth want a change. The Left has rallied a lot around me and for me. It's the young and the elderly who will vote for me," said the first-time contender.
Casting his vote also was Kerala's Governor P Sathasivam in Thiruvananthapuram. "According to Raj Bhavna, this governor may perhaps be the first to vote in Kerala in an Assembly election," District Collector Biju Prabhakar told NDTV.