US EditionKerala Local Body Elections 2025 to Be Held in Two Phases on December 9 and 11; Counting on December 13
Elections cover 23,576 wards across 1,199 local bodies with 33,746 polling stations and over 28 million voters, part of the preparation for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections.
- December 13, 2025, State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan announced Kerala’s 2025 local body elections will be held in two phases on December 9 and December 11, with counting on December 13.
- ECI's Special Intensive Revision prompted objections from the Kerala government and parties including CPI and Congress over "the confusion and inconvenience" ahead of the 2026 State Assembly elections.
- The contest covers 23,576 wards across 1,199 local bodies—excluding 36 wards of Mattannur Municipality—and includes 17,337 grama panchayat wards, 2,267 block panchayat wards, 346 district panchayat wards, 3,205 municipality wards, 421 Corporation wards, 33,746 polling stations and 2,84,30,761 voters.
- The SEC said the model code of conduct is in force, with strict enforcement and over 10,000 candidates disqualified in 2020, Shajahan noted.
- Looking back to 2020, the polls were held in three phases in December under strict COVID-19 supervision, while Mattannur Municipality is the sole exception with tenure ending on September 10, 2027.
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Kerala: Local Body Polls Scheduled for December 9 and 11, Counting on December 13
The local body elections in Kerala will be held on December 9, 2025, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Idukki, and Ernakulam districts. In Thissur, Wayanad, Kannur, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikode, and Kasaragod districts, the elections will be held on December 11, 2025. The counting of the votes will take place on December 13, 2025, from 8 am onwards.
Kerala local body elections 2025 to be held in two phases on December 9 and 11; counting on December 13
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam will go to polls on December 9. Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasaragod, and Kozhikode on December 11
ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque’s voters will return to the polls on Tuesday, December 9, to disparage the contest for the mayor’s office and to choose the councillors of districts 1 and 3. The second round will be held after the November 4 elections, as no candidate in these contests obtained more than 50% of the votes, as required by the Municipal Charter. This tie-off among the candidates with the highest score, will ensure that the winner gets mor…
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