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  Kerala Local Body Poll Results: UDF surges statewide, PM Modi hails BJP as governance choice

  India | December 13, 2025 18:13 IST

  Kerala Municipal Body Election Results 2025: UDF received a boost in Kottayam when its candidate Dhanya won from Kottayam Municipality Ward 28, adding to the momentum for the alliance. The Congress-led front has shown strength, particularly in municipal and urban areas.

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  Kerala local body election results: 73.69% turnout sets stage for 'power shifts' across 1,199 bodies

  India | December 13, 2025 0:01 IST

  Kerala 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 | December 12, 2025 13:17 IST

  In 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: Phase 1 concludes with 70.9% turnout, Ernakulam records highest

  India | December 10, 2025 16:32 IST

  Kerala 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 local body election: Phase 1 voting underway in 11,168 wards amid tight security

  India | December 10, 2025 16:34 IST

  Kerala 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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  Shashi Tharoor is top UDF pick for Kerala CM ahead of 2026 polls, shares survey amid strained party

  India | July 10, 2025 18:25 IST

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has emerged as the most preferred chief ministerial candidate for the United Democratic Front (UDF) in a recent survey conducted by Vote Vibe. Tharoor received 28.3% support overall, with particularly strong backing from male and older voters.

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  CPM-led LDF wins 15 out of 30 wards in Kerala local body bypolls, UDF secures 12

  India | February 25, 2025 18:53 IST

  The 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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  Kerala local body bypolls: Boost to LDF as it captures four seats from UDF, BJP gets 3

  India | February 23, 2024 22:34 IST

  Kerala 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.

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  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: Naveen Patnaik's BJD leads in Odisha, UDF ahead of LDF in Kerala

  India | October 05, 2023 20:33 IST

  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: According to India TV-CNX opinion poll, BJP is likely to get 8 seats in Odisha while Congress will get zero seats if Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are held today.

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  K-Rail project in Kerala comes to a halt as 205 employees sent back

  India | November 28, 2022 15:33 IST

  As per the order, the 205 revenue officials placed in 11 districts would be posted in other projects. Despite strong opposition from the Congress-led UDF and the BJP-led NDA, Vijayan and his team were determined to proceed with the project.

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  Kerala Assembly session to begin tomorrow; likely to be stormy over controversies

  India | July 21, 2021 18:50 IST

  Unlike the first session, which met soon after the second Pinarayi Vijayan government came to power with a historic victory in the April 6 polls, the opposition Congress-led UDF has enough issues in their kitty this time to grill the ruling front.

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  One year of Kerala gold smuggling case, agencies still in dark

  India | July 03, 2021 13:54 IST

  Incidentally, now all eyes are on the Customs as they will be making the first move after they get a reply from the UAE Embassy as the final charge sheet would be submitted.

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  Shashi Tahroor seems confident of high voter turnout, says 'good sign for UDF'

  News | April 06, 2021 16:27 IST

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor cast his vote at a polling station in Thiruvananthapuram on April 06.

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  Kerala set for Assembly polls on Tuesday after unparalleled electioneering

  Elections | April 05, 2021 23:30 IST

  According to the Election Commission (EC) figures, the total electorate in Kerala includes 1,32,83,724 male voters, 1,41,62,025 female voters and 290 transgenders.

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  'Seven deadly sins': PM Modi slams LDF, UDF, says people of Kerala fed up, want change

  Elections | April 02, 2021 19:04 IST

  PM Modi claimed the two fronts - LDF and UDF - were envious, jealous and want to outdo each other in committing wrongs.

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  Kerala polls: UDF to file complaint to EC over alleged discrepancies in voter's list

  News | March 25, 2021 17:00 IST

  United Democratic Front (UDF) will file a complaint with the Election Commission over alleged issue of duplication in the voter's list, informed party candidate from Vattiyoorkavu constituency, Veena S Nair.

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  Kerala polls: Congress promises Ministry of Happiness in manifesto

  News | March 20, 2021 17:20 IST

  Soon after Congress-led UDF releases election manifesto for poll bound Kerala, Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor pitched for Ministry of Happiness in their election manifesto.

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  Kerala Polls 2021: Congress led UDF releases "People's" manifesto, promises 5 lakh homes to poor

  Elections | March 20, 2021 14:25 IST

  The Opposition Congress-led UDF on Saturday released a"People's Manifesto" for the April 6 assembly polls, promising Rs 2000 monthly pension to homemakers, Five kg free rice to all-white cardholders and five lakh homes to the poor.

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  Kerala polls: PC Thomas quits NDA, to join UDF

  News | March 17, 2021 17:40 IST

  PC Thomas, who heads Kerala Congress (Thomas), on March 17 announced that the party has quit the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), saying that they have not been given a single seat in the upcoming assembly elections.

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  Kerala bypolls: UDF leads in 4 of 5 assembly seats

  Elections | October 24, 2019 11:17 IST

  On the expected lines, at Ernakulam, Congress candidate T.J. Vinod is leading by 365 votes against Left supported independent candidate Manu Roy.