Kerala local body elections: Kannur, Kasaragod see sluggish start to polling; machine glitches delay voting in several booths

Kerala local body elections: Kannur, Kasaragod see sluggish start to polling; machine glitches delay voting in several booths

Writer T. Padmanabhan after casting his vote in Kannur on Thursday morning | Photo Credit: SK Mohan Kannur and Kasargod recorded a slow start in the second phase of the Kerala local body elections on Thursday, with turnout reaching only 5.37% and 4.8% respectively in the first hours of polling. Voting was delayed across several […]

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Kerala local body polls: Voting under way for first phase in seven districts

Kerala local body polls: Voting under way for first phase in seven districts

Voters waiting in a queue at l Green protocol booth local body election in Ernakulam on December 9, 2025 | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu The first phase of the local body elections covering wards in 595 local bodies across Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha, and Ernakulam districts was under way on Tuesday (December 9, […]

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Special squads in action against illicit liquor trade in Kerala ahead of local body polls

Special squads in action against illicit liquor trade in Kerala ahead of local body polls

file image for representation | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M With the Kerala local body elections approaching, the Excise department has intensified its surveillance measures through newly formed strike squads aimed at curbing hooch production and the smuggling of liquor. Officials confirm that tribal regions will receive special attention following confidential reports that illicit liquor may […]

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Kerala approaches Supreme Court to postpone Special Intensive Revision

Kerala approaches Supreme Court to postpone Special Intensive Revision

People clearing their doubts at an SIR camp at Kodur. Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to defer the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls of the State. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Kerala government has moved […]

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Battle for Kerala’s local bodies begins

Battle for Kerala’s local bodies begins

With the State Election Commission (SEC) issuing the notification for the December local body elections on Friday, the battle for Kerala’s local bodies have begun in earnest. While the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led [CPI(M)] Left Democratic Front (LDF) hopes for an encore of 2020 – when it dominated all levels of the local body […]

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Kerala local body polls 2025: State Election Commission publishes election notification

Kerala local body polls 2025: State Election Commission publishes election notification

The polled votes will be counted on December 13, according to the notification. All procedures related to the 2025 polls will be completed by December 18. | Photo Credit: PTI The State Election Commission published the notification for the 2025 local body elections in Kerala on Friday (November 14, 2025), kickstarting the process of filing […]

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Kerala local body polls 2025: Congress, CMP announce candidates for Kozhikode Corporation

Kerala local body polls 2025: Congress, CMP announce candidates for Kozhikode Corporation

The Congress party on Monday (November 10, 2025) announced a list of 22 candidates to contest in various divisions of the Kozhikode Corporation in the upcoming 2025 Kerala local body polls. MLA Ramesh Chennithala announced 22 of the 49 Congress candidates in the presence of former KPCC president V.M. Sudheeran and DCC president K. Praveen […]

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Kerala local body polls: UDF finalises seat-sharing in Kozhikode Corporation

Kerala local body polls: UDF finalises seat-sharing in Kozhikode Corporation

The United Democratic Front (UDF) has completed seat-sharing for the local body polls in the Kozhikode Corporation in Kerala. Of the 76 divisions in the Corporation, the Congress will contest in 49, while Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will contest in 25. Communist Marxist Party (CMP) will contest in two divisions. The Congress seats include […]

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Kerala local body elections 2025: A comprehensive coverage

Kerala local body elections 2025: A comprehensive coverage

As per the final voters’ list, Kerala has 2,84,30,761 voters in all. With the 2025 local body elections on the horizon, Kerala is stepping up preparations for the polls. Though the State Election Commission has not yet announced the schedule for the elections, it is expected that Kerala will go to the polling booths either […]

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Satheesan accuses Election Commission of ‘leaking’ Kerala voters’ list to CPI(M), warns of legal action over poll bias

Satheesan accuses Election Commission of ‘leaking’ Kerala voters’ list to CPI(M), warns of legal action over poll bias

V.D. Satheesan (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan has accused the State Election Commission of acting as “a tool” of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] in connection with the upcoming local body elections. He has warned that if the commission fails to ensure a […]

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