Kerala Local Body Polls

The rift in the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) came out in the open a day after it faced a major setback in the local body polls in Kerala despite performing well in the Lok Sabha elections last year.

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 local body elections.

The ruling Left-led coalition in Kerala on Wednesday scooped up a big win in local body polls seen by all parties as a litmus test ahead of assembly elections in the state next year.

The ruling Left-led coalition in Kerala took early leads in local body polls seen to indicate voting trends ahead of assembly elections next year. Counting of votes began at 8 am for 21,893 wards, or municipal seats, in 1,200 district and village local bodies that voted in three phases on December 8, 10 and 14.

With all COVID-19 protocols in place, the counting of votes for Kerala local body elections has begun.

Kerala local body polls: Opposition UDF has filed a complaint with the State Election Commission against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleging violation of election code of conduct. Pinarayi Vijayan has announced free COVID-19 vaccine for the people of the state

Kerala BJP President K Surendran on Tuesday claimed the public does not care about the rise in fuel prices and that price hikes will not affect the local body polls in the state.

Thirty-year-old Jyothi from Chhattisgarh, who saved the life of a CISF jawan during a bus journey in 2010, found her true love in him, tied the knot and is contesting the December 10 local body polls in Kerala as a BJP candidate.

Hundreds of young women backed by major political parties are contesting Kerala's upcoming local body polls - a political show of strength before the high-prestige battle of Assembly elections in 2021.

In a first, COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine will be allowed to vote through the postal ballot facility in Kerala's local body election.

The local body polls in Kerala will be held in three phases from December 8 adhering to strict COIVD-19 protocol, State Election Commissioner V Bhaskaran said in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

The ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala on Friday bagged 21 of the 39 seats in the keenly fought bypolls to the local bodies.

Borrowing a page from the party patriarch LK Advanis book, BJP chief Amit Shah will start a 15-day pravas (tour) for an expansion drive today.

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.

The rift in the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) came out in the open a day after it faced a major setback in the local body polls in Kerala despite performing well in the Lok Sabha elections last year.

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 local body elections.

The ruling Left-led coalition in Kerala on Wednesday scooped up a big win in local body polls seen by all parties as a litmus test ahead of assembly elections in the state next year.

The ruling Left-led coalition in Kerala took early leads in local body polls seen to indicate voting trends ahead of assembly elections next year. Counting of votes began at 8 am for 21,893 wards, or municipal seats, in 1,200 district and village local bodies that voted in three phases on December 8, 10 and 14.

With all COVID-19 protocols in place, the counting of votes for Kerala local body elections has begun.

Kerala local body polls: Opposition UDF has filed a complaint with the State Election Commission against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleging violation of election code of conduct. Pinarayi Vijayan has announced free COVID-19 vaccine for the people of the state

Kerala BJP President K Surendran on Tuesday claimed the public does not care about the rise in fuel prices and that price hikes will not affect the local body polls in the state.

Thirty-year-old Jyothi from Chhattisgarh, who saved the life of a CISF jawan during a bus journey in 2010, found her true love in him, tied the knot and is contesting the December 10 local body polls in Kerala as a BJP candidate.

Hundreds of young women backed by major political parties are contesting Kerala's upcoming local body polls - a political show of strength before the high-prestige battle of Assembly elections in 2021.

In a first, COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine will be allowed to vote through the postal ballot facility in Kerala's local body election.

The local body polls in Kerala will be held in three phases from December 8 adhering to strict COIVD-19 protocol, State Election Commissioner V Bhaskaran said in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

The ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala on Friday bagged 21 of the 39 seats in the keenly fought bypolls to the local bodies.

Borrowing a page from the party patriarch LK Advanis book, BJP chief Amit Shah will start a 15-day pravas (tour) for an expansion drive today.

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.