Kerala
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Kerala local body election results: 73.69% turnout sets stage for 'power shifts' across 1,199 bodies
India | Dec 13, 2025, 12:01 AM ISTKerala local body election results 2025: Counting will start at 8 am on December 13 across 244 centres and 14 collectorates, kicking off with postal ballots. EVM control units exit strong rooms under heavy security, feeding live booth-level trends to the SEC portal.
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Kerala local body polls: What happened in the 6 Municipal Corporations in last elections in 2020?
India | Dec 12, 2025, 01:17 PM ISTIn the 2020 Kerala municipal corporation elections, the Left Democratic Front led in most municipal corporations. The total number of LDF seats won across all six municipal corporations in 2020 was 212 out of 414 seats.
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Kerala local body polls 2025: What happened in Kollam Municipal Corporation elections in 2020?
India | Dec 12, 2025, 03:47 PM ISTKerala local body polls 2025: In the Kollam Municipal Corporation elections in 2020, Left Democratic Front won the election, LDF bagged 39 seats, UDF- 9, NDA- 6, Independents and others: 1.
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Kerala local body polls: What happened in Kochi Municipal Corporation in 2020 election? Details
India | Dec 12, 2025, 11:44 AM ISTKerala local body poll results: In the 2020 Kochi Municipal Corporation elections, which had 74 seats, the contest was fought closely. The UDF emerged as the single largest bloc with 30 seats, led mainly by the Congress, which won 27 seats, along with one seat each for the RSP, KCM, and IUML.
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Kerala local body polls: What happened in Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation in last elections
India | Dec 12, 2025, 11:40 AM ISTKerala local body elections 2025: This year, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation saw a triangular contest between the ruling LDF, the Congress-led UDF and the BJP-led NDA.
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Kerala local body polls conclude with over 75 pc turnout in second phase, results set for Dec 13
India | Dec 11, 2025, 11:45 PM ISTKerala local body polls: State Election Commissioner A Shajahan confirmed that vote counting will occur on Saturday across 244 centers throughout Kerala. Ballot boxes from polling stations will first be secured in district strong rooms before transport to the specified counting facilities.
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Kerala schools to remain closed today due to civic polls
Education | Dec 11, 2025, 09:26 AM ISTKerala school holiday: Schools in Kerala are closed today due to local body elections.
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Kerala gears up for second and final phase of local body elections on seven districts today
India | Dec 11, 2025, 12:01 AM ISTKerala local body elections: Polling will be skipped in five wards of Iritty Municipality in Kannur, where candidates were elected uncontested. Furthermore, voting in the seventh ward of Paiyambra in Muthuthala Panchayat, Malappuram, has been deferred due to the passing of UDF candidate.
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Kerala local body polls: Phase 1 concludes with 70.9% turnout, Ernakulam records highest
India | Dec 10, 2025, 04:32 PM ISTKerala local body polls phase 1: District-wise polling percentages included Thiruvananthapuram 67.4%, Kollam – 70.36%, Pathanamthitta – 66.78%, Alappuzha – 73.76%, Kottayam – 70.94%, Idukki – 71.77%, and Ernakulam – 74.58%.
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Kerala school holiday 2025: Schools to remain closed on December 11 due to civic polls
Education | Dec 10, 2025, 04:33 PM ISTKerala school holiday 2025: All schools in Kerala will be closed on Thursday, December 11 due to local body elections.
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Kerala local body elections 2025: 15 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9 am in Phase 1 polling
India | Dec 10, 2025, 04:33 PM ISTKerala local body polls: Results for all 1199 local bodies will be declared on December 13. The election is widely viewed as a semi final before the main political contest in the state next year.
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Kerala local body election: Phase 1 voting underway in 11,168 wards amid tight security
India | Dec 10, 2025, 04:34 PM ISTKerala local body election 2025:The polls are being conducted in 1,199 of the 1,200 local bodies in phase 1, with Mattannur Municipality excluded as its council’s term continues until 2027.
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2017 sexual assault case: Kerala court acquits Malayalam actor Dileep
India | Dec 08, 2025, 11:37 AM IST2017 sexual assault case: Actor Dileep, who was accused number eight in the case, has been found “not guilty.”
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Kerala gears up for local body polls: State Election Commissioner says 'all preparations made'
India | Dec 07, 2025, 09:30 PM ISTKerala will witness its local body polls with polling scheduled on December 9 and 11, before the results come out on December 13. Ahead of the polls, Kerala State Election Commissioner A Shajahan stated that the preparations have been made for the elections.
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Kerala's SIR schedule extended by one week by Election Commission on state's request
India | Dec 06, 2025, 06:46 AM ISTIn its order dated December 5, the apex poll body said the electorates can now submit their enumeration forms till December 18, instead of December 11. The draft electoral roll will now be published on December 23 against the earlier date of December 16.
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Several vehicles trapped as Kollam highway retaining wall collapses in Kerala's Kottiyam | WATCH
India | Dec 05, 2025, 08:15 PM ISTA retaining wall of the under-construction National Highway collapsed near Kottiyam-Mailakkad in Kollam, crashing onto the service road and trapping several vehicles including a school bus. Video from the site shows the extent of the damage.
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Rahul Mamkootathil, Kerala Congress MLA, expelled amid rape allegations, anticipatory bail rejected
India | Dec 04, 2025, 05:35 PM ISTFollowing a survivor's complaint, police registered an FIR against Mamkootathil alleging sexual assault, rape under the guise of marriage, and forced abortion. The case was initially filed at Nedumangad Valiyamala Police Station but later transferred to Nemom Police Station.
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KTET result 2025 out at ktet.kerala.gov.in; how to download scorecard PDF
Jobs | Dec 04, 2025, 03:55 PM ISTKTET result 2025: The candidates can check KTET result 2025 on the official website- ktet.kerala.gov.in. Know how to download KTET scorecard PDF.
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Sonia Gandhi to contest on BJP ticket in panchayat poll in Kerala's Munnar
India | Dec 03, 2025, 06:49 PM ISTThe BJP has fielded Sonia Gandhi as its candidate for the upcoming panchayat polls from Nallathanni ward of the Munnar grama panchayat in Idukki district, Kerala.
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ED issues notice to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in Rs 2000-crore KIIFB Masala Bond case
India | Dec 01, 2025, 10:18 AM ISTThe probe is related to the end-use of Rs 2,000 crore raised by KIIFB through masala bonds, and its compliance with the FEMA norms.