[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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. […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] 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 […]
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