Local Body Polls
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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 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 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 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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What happened in Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar), Dhule and Nandurbar districts in last elections?
Maharashtra | Dec 20, 2025, 02:47 PM ISTMaharashtra local body polls: Across several districts including Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, Dhule and Nandurbar, past municipal elections have shown varied results, with different councils being led by parties such as the BJP, Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena and many Independents.
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Maharashtra local body polls: Eknath Shinde warns police, exposes Mahayuti tensions ahead of voting
Maharashtra | Nov 30, 2025, 11:57 AM ISTMaharashtra local body polls: Deputy CM Shinde highlighted his composed demeanour during fiery Phaltan rally, declaring, "People see me as calm and quiet, and that's true-until moment demands action, when I decisively set things right," invoking his 2022 rebellion that reshaped Maharashtra politics.
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Maharashtra local body polls: Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant urges Mahayuti unity in Kalyan-Dombivli
Maharashtra | Nov 26, 2025, 12:47 PM ISTShrikant Shinde admitted that the Shiv Sena and the BJP are locked in 'friendly fights' in several municipal council contests, but appealed to cadres on both sides to exercise restraint and refrain from personal attacks on their alliance partners.
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Maharashtra local body elections: BJP makes significant political gains with 103 unopposed wins
Maharashtra | Nov 22, 2025, 10:25 AM ISTMaharashtra local body elections: State BJP President Ravindra Chavan credited the party's overwhelming success to the strong public trust in the leadership of PM Modi and CM Devendra Fadnavis.
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Maharashtra local body polls: BJP faces criticism over 'dynastic' ticket distribution in Loha Nagar
Maharashtra | Nov 21, 2025, 07:19 AM ISTMaharashtra local body polls: The BJP’s decision to nominate six candidates from a single family for the Loha Nagar Parishad elections has ignited intense debate in Nanded, overshadowing broader campaign issues and rallying the opposition.
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Maharashtra: Election Commission likely to announce dates for BMC, other local body polls today
Maharashtra | Nov 04, 2025, 11:29 AM ISTMumbai local body elections: State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare will hold a press conference in this regard in Mumbai.
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Maharashtra Local Body Elections 2025: SEC orders verification of 'duplicate voter' names
Maharashtra | Oct 29, 2025, 08:44 PM ISTMaharashtra Local Body Elections 2025: This initiative was prompted by complaints from various political parties about multiple entries of the same voters across different constituencies and addresses, raising concerns about the accuracy and integrity of the electoral rolls.
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Telangana set to scrap two-child norm for local polls; major decisions taken at Cabinet meet
Telangana | Oct 17, 2025, 09:45 AM ISTAmong other decisions taken by the cabinet includes allotment of seven additional acres land to NALSAR University of Law. It was also decided that the existing 25 per cent quota for admissions to Telangana students (local representation) in the institute will be increased to 50 per cent.
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Telangana HC stays govt order on 42 per cent Backward Class quota in local body polls
Telangana | Oct 09, 2025, 06:34 PM ISTWith the government enhancing the reservations for BCs from 24 per cent to 42 per cent (including 15 per cent to SCs, 10 per cent to STs), the total percentage of reservation rose to 67 per cent.
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SC orders Maharashtra govt, State EC to conduct local body polls by January 31, 2026
Maharashtra | Sep 16, 2025, 03:38 PM ISTA lawyer representing Maharashtra stated that the process is ongoing. He said delimitation has been completed and the State Election Commission is requesting some additional time, adding that an interim application has also been filed in this regard.
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Will Asaduddin Owaisi and Uddhav Thackeray join hands in Maharashtra? Here's what AIMIM MLA said
Maharashtra | Jun 04, 2025, 05:35 PM ISTMaharashtra: AIMIM MLA Mufti Ismail said that the final decision will be taken by Asaduddin Owaisi. He also said that we still doubt whether they (Shiv Sena UBT) will truly include us (AIMIM) or not.
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Haryana municipal elections: Voting concludes as 46 per cent turnout recorded in civic polls
Haryana | Mar 02, 2025, 08:48 PM ISTVoting for mayoral and ward member elections in Haryana’s municipal corporations and councils concluded on March 2.
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CPM-led LDF wins 15 out of 30 wards in Kerala local body bypolls, UDF secures 12
India | Feb 25, 2025, 06:53 PM ISTThe notification for the upcoming local body by-elections in Kerala has been issued for 30 wards across 13 districts, with Wayanad excluded.
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BJP sweeps local body polls in Gujarat, Cong bags just one municipality out of 68
Gujarat | Feb 18, 2025, 08:52 PM ISTGujarat local body poll results: After candidates withdrew their names, the BJP has won 216 seats unopposed in the civic body polls across Gujarat.
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Chandrababu Naidu encourages people to have more children, says, 'candidates with over 2 kids...'
India | Jan 16, 2025, 12:25 PM ISTThe TDP chief noted that the older generations had more children, while the current generation brought it down to one child and also highlighted that some 'smart' people nowadays are going for double income no kids (DINK) concept to enjoy.
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Kerala local body bypolls: Boost to LDF as it captures four seats from UDF, BJP gets 3
India | Feb 23, 2024, 10:34 PM ISTKerala local body bypolls: Following the byelection, the LDF increased its tally to 9 by wresting three seats each from the BJP and the Congress. However, the Left front lost one seat each in Alappuzha and Ernakulam to the BJP and the Congress, respectively.