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With the State Election Commission (SEC) issuing the notification for the December local body elections on Friday, the battle for Kerala’s local bodies have begun in earnest. While the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led [CPI(M)] Left Democratic Front (LDF) hopes for an encore of 2020 – when it dominated all levels of the local body…
Outgoing Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Mayor Arya Rajendran is not in the fray for the 2025 local body elections in Kerala. Nevertheless, Ms. Rajendran’s conspicuous absence from the race for the coveted mayoralty and her governance track record continue to have a considerable bearing on the high-octane campaigning for the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. The CPI(M)’s surprise decision…
Former Kannur district panchayat president P.P. Divya, sidelined after party action in the ADM Naveen Babu death case, will not be fielded in the upcoming local body elections, with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] choosing to promote former SFI State president K. Anusree as its candidate from Pinarayi division. Ms. Anusree, now a…
The commission urges people to rely only on its official website or social media pages for any information regarding elections and voters’ list updates. | Photo Credit: ANI The Kerala State Election Commission on Saturday (September 6, 2025) cautioned against fake news reports being circulated on social media platforms regarding the extension of dates to…
The State Delimitation Commission has published the draft notification on ward delimitation in the 152 block panchayats in Kerala. This exercise forms part of the second phase of the ward delimitation in local bodies in the State. Complaints and opinions regarding the draft will be accepted till June 7. The notification contains the list of…
CPI(M) Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has said the LDF won in 17 wards, garnering 44% of the total votes, in the recent local body byelections. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] on Friday claimed that the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) path to an emphatic win in the upcoming…
