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The ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) suffered a immense setback successful the 2025 section assemblage elections successful Kerala with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) making a beardown comeback crossed Corporations, municipalities and panchayats successful the State.
But the large communicative of the time was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA emerging arsenic the single-largest beforehand successful the high-profile Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, winning 50 of the 101 wards successful the LDF-ruled civic body.
Votes polled successful the two-phased elections successful Kerala connected December 9 and December 11 were counted crossed aggregate centres connected Saturday.
Of the six Corporations, the UDF won 4 — Kollam, Kochi, Thrissur and Kannur, 505 of the 941 grama panchayats, 79 of the 152 grama panchayats, 7 retired of the 14 territory panchayats and 54 of the 86 municipalities, according to the updates released by the State Election Commission (SEC) astatine 7.30 p.m.
The LDF, which held 5 Corporations successful 2020, could triumph lone Kozhikode this time. It besides won 340 grama panchayats, 63 artifact panchayats, 7 territory panchayats and 28 municipalities.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation wherever it was the large Opposition during 2020-25, successful summation to 26 grama panchayats and 2 municipalities.
The results successful 75 section bodies were tied. This database included 64 grama panchayats, 10 artifact panchayats and 1 municipality. Other parties and Independents won successful six grama panchayats and 1 municipality.
At the clip of filing this report, the UDF held 9,015 of the 17,337 grama panchayat wards, portion the LDF’s numbers dipped to 6,559. The BJP-led NDA won 1,444 grama panchayat wards, portion 1,273 were won by others/Independents.
In the 2,267 artifact panchayat wards, 1,241 were won by the UDF, 923 by the LDF, 54 by the NDA-BJP and 49 by others/Independents. Of the 346 territory panchayat wards, UDF claimed 171 and the LDF 109, NDA-BJP won 1 territory panchayat ward and others/Independents, one.
In the 3,240 municipal wards, UDF won 1,458, LDF 1,100, the NDA-BJP 324 and others/independents 323. In the 421 Corporation wards, 187 were won by the UDF, 125 by the LDF and 93 by the BJP. 15 went to different parties/Independents.
While the UDF question was felt crossed section bodies, the BJP visibly improved its positions successful the municipality section bodies, emerging arsenic the apical subordinate successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and arsenic the main absorption enactment successful respective municipalities.
In the 101-ward Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, wherever 51 seats are needed for a majority, elections person been held lone successful 100 wards. The predetermination to the Vizhinjam ward is awaited wherever it had been enactment disconnected pursuing the decease of a candidate.
The LDF, which had had a wide precocious manus successful the erstwhile elections held successful 2020, has mislaid important crushed crossed section bodies this time.
Well-known names who scripted victories successful 2025 included erstwhile Congress MLA Anil Akkara who won from Adat panchayat successful Thrissur, Congress’s erstwhile MLA K. Sabarinadhan who won from the Kowdiar ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and BJP campaigner and erstwhile DGP R. Sreelekha who won from the Sasthamangalam ward of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
Prominent candidates who mislaid included the LDF Mayor of Kollam Corporation Honey Benjamin and erstwhile Mayor V. Rajendrababu, besides of the LDF.
Newly-elected members/councillors volition instrumentality the oath connected December 21.
The result of the 2025 section assemblage elections was keenly awaited fixed the information that Kerala is readying for the State Assembly elections successful 2026. The section assemblage elections were held successful 2 phases connected December 9 and 11.
The combined elector turnout successful the 2 phases had stood astatine 73.69% with 2,10,79,609 crore of the full 2,86,07,658 voters successful Kerala’s 14 districts exercising their franchise.
The counting of the votes polled successful the two-phased December 9 and December 11 elections were held crossed 244 centres connected Saturday. Counting began with the postal ballots issued to the predetermination officials astatine 8 a.m. The results were retired successful afloat by Saturday evening.
