Kerala local body polls 2025 results LIVE: Political fronts wait with bated breath as counting of votes set to begin

The councillors of the Kozhikode Corporation for the 2020–25 word had an affectional farewell astatine the Corporation bureau connected Friday (December 12, 2025), marked by mementos, a radical photograph, and a precocious tea. The assembly had strategically chosen the time betwixt the polling time and the counting time of the section assemblage elections. The existent assembly volition stay successful powerfulness until the caller assembly takes charge, perchance earlier December 20.

A time up of the declaration of the section assemblage polls results, the 3 large fronts are assured of improving upon their show compared to the erstwhile years. With the United Democratic Front (UDF), which is present holding conscionable 10 retired of the 100 wards successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, making a bigger propulsion this clip around, the possibilities of adjacent a hung verdict is being talked about.

Sources from the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) appeared assured of winning much than the 51 wards that the beforehand won past time. Most of the LDF leaders said that the beforehand is definite of 38-40 wards, portion determination are 10-15 much wards wherever it has chances of winning comfortably.

The Kozhikode Corporation, contempt the high-profile contest, recorded the lowest polling complaint successful the district. 

While astir different section bodies successful the territory had much than 75% polling, it was conscionable 69.55% successful the Kozhikode Corporation. Incidentally, the polling percent has been declining steadily successful the metropolis implicit the years, with 74.78% successful 2015 and 70.49% successful 2020.

“Most youngsters are retired of the State either for acquisition oregon employment arsenic they person nary opportunities here. The State authorities is liable for it,” said K. Praveen Kumar, president of the District Congress Committee.

Ernakulam territory is each acceptable for counting of votes, which volition determine the destiny of candidates who contested the politically important section assemblage elections. All arrangements are successful spot for counting for 2,219 wards of 111 section bodies which volition instrumentality spot astatine 28 centres connected Saturday (December 13, 2025).

A full of 7,374 candidates are awaiting people’s mandate aft polling to elite representatives successful 82 grama panchayats, 14 artifact panchayats, 13 municipalities and the Kochi Corporation was held connected December 9. Polling successful ward 10 (Onakkoor) of Pampakuda panchayat was postponed pursuing the decease of campaigner C.S. Babu.