Kerala polls: Achuthanandan, Chandy win

Thiruvananthapuram: Both the incumbent Chief Minister and the probable chief ministerial candidate on Friday won their respective seats in Kerala.

Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has retained Malampuzha seat by defeating Lathika Subash of Congress by over 23,000 votes.

Congress leader and UDF's Chief Minister probable Oommen Chandy has won from his pocket borough Puthupally for the ninth consecutive time.

The 67-year-old leader had won all the elections to the assembly since 1970.

Chandy had a two-year stint as Chief Minister in 2004-06 after the resignation of A K Antony owning moral responsibility for the Congress's defeat in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.