LDF wins 7 wards, NDA wins 3, UDF 1 ward at Thiruvananthapuram Corporation

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New Delhi: The counting of votes for the Kerala local body polls is currently underway, as per initial trends the ruling CPM-led LDF is at a clear advantage in most of the rural and urban local bodies. As of 11 am, the LDF is leading in 442 of the 941 panchayats, followed by UDF in 344 panchayats and NDA in 33 panchayats. 

A total of 70,27,534 people, including 32,87,029 men, 37,40,486 women and 19 transgender people cast their votes in the four districts. Kozhikode district recorded the highest turnout with 79 per cent, followed by Malappuram (78.87) and Kannur (78.57), while Kasaragod witnessed the lowest voter turnout with 77.17 per cent. The final phase of polling witnessed 78.64 per cent voter turnout in the four districts.

The tri-cornered fight between Left Democratic Front, United Democratic Front and National Democratic Alliance for the local body elections is being seen as a precursor to the state assembly elections which is scheduled for May 2021.

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16 December 2020

15:41 IST

Kerala local body poll results: 

Gram Panchayats-941
LDF -522
UDF -363
NDA-23
Others-32

Block Panchayats-152 
LDF-108
UDF-44

District Panchayats-14 
LDF-10
UDF-4

Municipality-86
LDF-35
UDF-45
NDA -2
Others -4

Corporations- 6 
LDF-3
UDF-3

14:25 IST

In Thiruvananthapuram corporation, the LDF is leading on 50 seats, followed by BJP in 30 seats. While UDF is in third place with just 9 seats. BJPs number has gone further down from its 2015 tally of 34 seats.

12:41 IST

K Sreekumar, the outgoing mayor of the CPM in Thiruvananthapuram corporation, has lost to the BJP candidate from the Karikkakam ward.

11:24 IST

Kerala local body poll results: LDF wins in 7 wards, NDA -3 and UDF-1, in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

As per trends, NDA leading in 14 wards, LDF- 21, UDF -4. 

S Pushpalatha, LDF's mayor candidate has lost to NDA candidate by 145 votes.

11:07 IST

BJP wins Kochi Corporation North Island ward, leads in Palakkad municipality. Kozhikode district recorded the highest turnout with 79 per cent, followed by Malappuram (78.87) and Kannur (78.57), while Kasaragod witnessed the lowest voter turnout with 77.17 per cent. The final phase of polling witnessed 78.64 per cent voter turnout in the four districts. Read more here

10:56 IST

Early trends of Kerala local body poll results:

Gram Panchayats- 941 LDF, 403 UDF, 341 NDA, 29 Others, -56

Block Panchayats-152 LDF-93 UDF-56 NDA-2

District Panchayats-14 LDF-11 UDF-3

Municipality-86 LDF-38 UDF-39 NDA -3 Others -6

Corporations- 6 LDF-8, UDF-2

10:49 IST

As of this moment, UDF is trailing LDF in grama panchayats (327 to 398), block panchayats (55 to 93), municipalities (37 to 39), district panchayats (3 to 14). Only in corporations, they are on par with LDF (3 to 3). 

10:20 IST

Trends from Kozhikode corporation: 

LDF - 26

UDF - 11

BJP - 5

Others - 3

10:10 IST

As per early trends of the local body poll results in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation NDA leads in 13 wards, LDF- 12, UDF - 4.

09:47 IST

Congress mayoral candidate N Venugopal, has lost to the BJP candidate by one vote, in the Kochi Corporation North Island ward, in the state's 2020 local body elections. (ANI)

09:44 IST

The CPM candidate fielded from booth in Dharmadam, CM Pinarayi Vijayan's residence, at Kannur district - has been declared as the winner, according to 24 News channel. 

09:35 IST

Several districts in Kerala have imposed section 144 of CrPC on the basis of reports from respective district police chiefs. During the election clashes between party workers were reported in many places at these districts.

09:34 IST

State Election Commissioner V Bhaskaran informed that the postal votes, including special ballot votes, will be counted first and EVM votes later.

09:24 IST

Centre for counting of votes for local body polls at Kasaragod established at Government College. (ANI)

09:16 IST

Counting of votes underway in Thiruvananthapuram.

Counting of votes for #Kerala local body polls underway

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09:05 IST

Close fight between LDF, BJP and Congress in Thiruvananthapuram corporation. Initial leads show LDF leading in 5 wards, BJP in 3 wards and Congress in 2 wards. 

08:41 IST

The elections were held in three phases on December 8, 10 and 14, the polling was for as many as 15,962 wards in 941 gram panchayats, 2080 wards in 152 block panchayats, 331 divisions in 14 district panchayats, 3078 wards in 86 municipalities and 414 wards in six municipal corporations. The overall voter turnout was 76% while in 2015 it was 77.76%.