Kerala Civic Elections

Arya Rajendran, the 21-year-old student who successfully contested the recent civic polls in Kerala, has been elected as next Mayor of state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Boosted by the party's success in six wards in the 2015 civic polls in Kerala, the AIADMK has fielded seven candidates for the ensuing Assembly polls there.

In remarks critical of his party heading the ruling UDF in Kerala, senior Congress leader AK Antony today said the front suffered setbacks in the recent civic elections due to "over confidence and arrogance" of certain leaders.

There's an election story from Kerala that you shouldn't miss in the flurry of headlines about Bihar dominating your newsfeed right now. Elections to civic polls were held in Kerala last week and one man's Facebook post about why he didn't vote BJP is now going viral. Here's why - the BJP candidate he was not voting for was his mother.

33-year-old Jenson in Kerala, a first time voter has been proudly flashing his 'inked finger'. He says he refused to vote all these years because being a transgender, he never felt like voting as a male or female. But the state included transgenders as a separate category in this year's civic elections.

As the opposition Left Democratic Front maintained an impressive lead in local body elections in Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said it "in no way reflects a wave in favour of the Left".

In the crucial local body elections in Kerala, the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front or LDF has emerged the winner.

Months ahead of Kerala's next big state election, political parties are about to find out where they stand - the second and final phase of voting for civic bodies across the state was held today.

Campaigning ended today on a peaceful note in seven districts that will go to polls on November 5 in the second and final phase of the keenly fought local body elections in Kerala, which comes ahead of the assembly polls due next year.

An estimated 75 per cent of 1.11 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of the keenly fought local body polls in Kerala, which comes ahead of the assembly polls due next year.

Over 45 per cent of polling was recorded in the first five hours of local body elections in seven districts in Kerala, even as rains tried to play spoilsport at Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.

As Kerala votes today in the first phase of the local body polls, seen as the semi-final before assembly elections next year, the growing visibility of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has turned the elections - so far, a fight between the Left and Congress-led coalitions - into a triangular contest.

The first phase of local body polls in seven districts in Kerala commenced this morning with heavy rains playing spoilsport in various parts of Thiruvananthapuram.

Over one crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in seven districts in the first phase of the crucial civic polls in Kerala today, which are considered as the semi-finals before the next year's Assembly elections.

In a setback for the ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala days before crucial civic elections, a court has ordered more investigations into allegations that state's Finance Minister KM Mani accepted a bribe of one crore promising to renew bar licences last year.

Arya Rajendran, the 21-year-old student who successfully contested the recent civic polls in Kerala, has been elected as next Mayor of state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Boosted by the party's success in six wards in the 2015 civic polls in Kerala, the AIADMK has fielded seven candidates for the ensuing Assembly polls there.

In remarks critical of his party heading the ruling UDF in Kerala, senior Congress leader AK Antony today said the front suffered setbacks in the recent civic elections due to "over confidence and arrogance" of certain leaders.

There's an election story from Kerala that you shouldn't miss in the flurry of headlines about Bihar dominating your newsfeed right now. Elections to civic polls were held in Kerala last week and one man's Facebook post about why he didn't vote BJP is now going viral. Here's why - the BJP candidate he was not voting for was his mother.

33-year-old Jenson in Kerala, a first time voter has been proudly flashing his 'inked finger'. He says he refused to vote all these years because being a transgender, he never felt like voting as a male or female. But the state included transgenders as a separate category in this year's civic elections.

As the opposition Left Democratic Front maintained an impressive lead in local body elections in Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said it "in no way reflects a wave in favour of the Left".

In the crucial local body elections in Kerala, the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front or LDF has emerged the winner.

Months ahead of Kerala's next big state election, political parties are about to find out where they stand - the second and final phase of voting for civic bodies across the state was held today.

Campaigning ended today on a peaceful note in seven districts that will go to polls on November 5 in the second and final phase of the keenly fought local body elections in Kerala, which comes ahead of the assembly polls due next year.

An estimated 75 per cent of 1.11 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of the keenly fought local body polls in Kerala, which comes ahead of the assembly polls due next year.

Over 45 per cent of polling was recorded in the first five hours of local body elections in seven districts in Kerala, even as rains tried to play spoilsport at Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.

As Kerala votes today in the first phase of the local body polls, seen as the semi-final before assembly elections next year, the growing visibility of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has turned the elections - so far, a fight between the Left and Congress-led coalitions - into a triangular contest.

The first phase of local body polls in seven districts in Kerala commenced this morning with heavy rains playing spoilsport in various parts of Thiruvananthapuram.

Over one crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in seven districts in the first phase of the crucial civic polls in Kerala today, which are considered as the semi-finals before the next year's Assembly elections.

In a setback for the ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala days before crucial civic elections, a court has ordered more investigations into allegations that state's Finance Minister KM Mani accepted a bribe of one crore promising to renew bar licences last year.