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The Hindu Bureau
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Kerala recorded a elector turnout of 73.69% successful the two-phased 2025 polls to the section bodies held connected December 9 and 11, arsenic per the provisional figures released by the State Election Commission (SEC) connected Thursday night.
While the December 9 Phase I polling successful the confederate 7 districts had logged a turnout of 70.91%, Phase II polls connected Thursday covering the remaining 7 bluish districts recorded 76.08%.
The SEC is expected to people the last information connected polling percentages connected Friday.
Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod went to the polls connected Thursday (December 11) and 1.16 crore of the 1.53 crore voters successful these districts exercised their close to vote.
In Phase I, 94.10 lakh of the 1.32 crore voters successful Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam had exercised their franchise connected December 9.
As per the disposable data, Wayanad had the highest polling astatine 78.3% and Pathanamthitta, the lowest astatine 66.78% followed by Thiruvananthapuram (67.47%). 74.51% of pistillate voters, 72.76% of antheral voters and 40.42% of transgender voters exercised their franchise successful the 2 phases.
In the 2020 section assemblage elections, held successful the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kerala had recorded a turnout of 75.95%. In 2015, it was 77.76% and successful 2010 76.32%, amusement SEC data.
State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan said that Thursday’s polling was conducted successful a peaceful manner. The counting of the votes polled successful the 2 phases volition beryllium held connected Saturday crossed 244 centres. The last results are expected to beryllium declared by 2 p.m. the aforesaid day, Mr. Shajahan said.
Newly-elected members/councillors of grama, artifact and territory panchayats and municipalities and Corporations volition instrumentality the oath connected December 21.
Mr. Shajahan said the 2025 elections were held peacefully. The dates for the elections to 3 wards, wherever polls were postponed pursuing the deaths of candidates, volition beryllium announced kin owed course, helium said. The database includes Payimbadam ward successful Moothedam grama panchayat, Malappuram; Onakkoor ward successful Pambakkuda grama panchayat, Ernakulam, and the Vizhinjam ward successful Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
“The elections were held successful 2 phases connected December 9 and 11 aft a process launched one-and-a-half-years agone with the delimitation of section assemblage wards. The ward delimitation was followed by revisions of the electoral rolls successful enactment with the changes successful the wards,” Mr. Shajahan said, thanking each stakeholders including voters, predetermination officials and the constabulary unit for ensuring that the electoral process went disconnected smoothly.
Mr. Shajahan besides directed the candidates to region the flags and festoons that were installed during the predetermination campaigns. On their nonaccomplishment to bash so, the Secretary of the section assemblage volition beryllium instructed to region them astatine the disbursal of the campaigner concerned, helium said.
