Kerala local body polls 2025: Special elections on January 13 in three postponed wards

[ad_1] The special elections to three local body wards in Kerala where the 2025 local body elections had been put off on account of the death of candidates will be held on January 13, State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan said on Tuesday. The polled votes will be counted on January 14. The election notification will […]

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Watch: Political fronts on edge as vote counting in Kerala local body election progresses

[ad_1] The results of the 2025 Kerala local body polls will be declared today. Counting of ballots cast by over two crore voters is taking place at 244 centres and 14 district collectorates. Vote counting began at 8 a.m., according to the State Election Commission. The results are expected to shape the future course of […]

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Kerala local body polls 2025 results LIVE: Political fronts wait with bated breath as counting of votes begins

[ad_1] The Kozhikode Corporation, despite the high-profile contest, recorded the lowest polling rate in the district.  While most other local bodies in the district had more than 75% polling, it was just 69.55% in the Kozhikode Corporation. Incidentally, the polling percentage has been declining steadily in the city over the years, with 74.78% in 2015 […]

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Kerala local body polls: Political fronts wait with bated breath as counting of votes begins

[ad_1] Tight security outside EVM strong room at Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar campus in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Major political fronts, parties and voters in Kerala wait with bated breath for the results of the 2025 local body elections in the State as the counting of the votes polled in two phases earlier this […]

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Kerala local body polls 2025: Newly elected members to take oath on December 21

[ad_1] Newly-elected members and councillors of the local bodies in Kerala are expected to take the oath on December 21, 2025. With the 2025 local body elections winding down to a close, the State Election Commission (SEC) has issued detailed instructions regarding the assumption of office by the new administrative councils in the local bodies. […]

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SEC to ask Kerala govt. to examine whether postal ballot facility can be expanded in future local body polls

[ad_1] The State Election Commission (SEC) is planning to ask the Kerala government to examine whether the postal ballot facility can be extended to more voter categories in future local body elections. At present, only election officials are eligible for postal ballots in the local body polls conducted by the SEC. However, there have been […]

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Kerala local body polls: Candidates make final pitch to voters as open campaigning for Phase 1 draws to a close on Dec. 7

[ad_1] NDA candidate’s publicity announcement vehicle passing by as Congress workers fix party flags at a residential cluster in Kannanthura coastal area (Vettukad ward) ahead of local body elections in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran With open campaigning for the first phase of the local body polls in seven districts of Kerala slated to […]

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Kerala Local body polls 2025: SEC faces demand for postal ballots ahead of polls

[ad_1] With just two weeks left for the local body elections in Kerala, postal ballots, or rather their absence, have come into the spotlight. The State Election Commission (SEC), which manages the elections to the local bodies, has received several requests for postal ballots, both from government and civilian groups, in the run-up to the […]

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Kerala local body polls 2025: A keen contest in the offing in Kalamassery municipality

[ad_1] . | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A keen battle is on the cards between the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Kalamassery municipality in Ernakulam. A traditional bastion of the Congress for nearly three decades, the civic body remained in the UDF kitty despite strong undercurrents in […]

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

[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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