Thiruvananthapuram | At least seven Kerala ministers are trailing with the counting of votes polled in the April 9 Assembly elections progressing in the state.

According to various television reports, the ministers Veena George, M B Rajesh, O R Kelu, R Bindhu, J Chinchurani, P Rajeev, K B Ganesh Kumar, and Roshy Augustine were trailing in their respective constituencies in the first hour of counting.

The counting of votes in EVMs has started, they said.

The Congress-UDF was ahead in close to 80 seats, while the CPI(M)-led LDF was leading in a little over 50 seats, with the BJP-headed NDA in the front in around 5 Assembly constituencies as EVM votes began to be counted, according to news reports.