Kerala local body elections: Kannur, Kasaragod see sluggish start to polling; machine glitches delay voting in several booths

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Writer T. Padmanabhan aft  casting his ballot  successful  Kannur connected  Thursday morning

Writer T. Padmanabhan aft casting his ballot successful Kannur connected Thursday morning | Photo Credit: SK Mohan

Kannur and Kasargod recorded a dilatory commencement successful the 2nd signifier of the Kerala section assemblage elections connected Thursday, with turnout reaching lone 5.37% and 4.8% respectively successful the archetypal hours of polling.

Voting was delayed crossed respective booths aft physics voting machines malfunctioned, causing disruptions of much than an hr successful galore places. Technical issues were reported successful the 7th ward of Kunnothparamba, Ettupara(16th ward ) successful Payavoor, Maravikavu successful Annakara panchayat, 7th ward successful Madayi panchayat, Hidayat English mean schoolhouse successful Pappinessery, Mavuncheri successful Pariyaram panchayat, Madapurachal successful Peravoor, and successful Ramanthali.

In Payyanur municipality ward 1, an aboriginal greeting incidental created hostility erstwhile the cause of an autarkic campaigner backed by the UDF was allegedly taken distant from the booth. The constabulary traced the cause and brought them backmost earlier polling began.

At Pariyaram panchayat, UDF’s 16th ward campaigner P.V. Sajeevan was allegedly beaten up astatine the 2nd booth of Pariyaram High school.

In Kasaragod, 4 crude bombs were recovered adjacent the location of LDF campaigner K Prakashan astatine his spot successful Kumbadaje. The contented came retired aft a canine spot a bomb. The constabulary person arrived astatine the spot and started an investigation.

Published - December 11, 2025 10:14 americium IST

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