Even as polling in the central Travancore districts of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta remained largely peaceful on Thursday, the day saw a few tense incidents involving clashes between rival political groups and confrontations with the police.
In Pallickal, Adoor, in Pathanamthitta, a group of alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] workers attacked several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and ransacked a BJP booth committee office in the morning. The Adoor police have registered a case of attempted murder and an investigation is under way.