Kerala Local Body Polls

No salary as several panchayats in Kerala run out of own funds

July 10, 2022

No salary as several panchayats in Kerala run out of own funds

The COVID-19 situation, and spendings on pre-monsoon clearing activities, made the situation worse this time.

December 08, 2021
LDF gains in local body bypolls, secures 16 seats; BJP wrests one

The candidates of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) won from 13 wards, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got one ward.
January 23, 2021
CPM keen on fresh faces for state polls as tried-and-tested flounder in civic elections

The list of probable candidates for the forthcoming assembly election may not have the names of MLAs who have won two consecutive terms.
January 22, 2021
LDF secures crucial win in Ward 37 of Kalamassery Municipality; UDF gains in Thrissur

UDF scored an upset win in the LDF stronghold of Pullazhi ward in Thrissur Corporation.
January 21, 2021
Seven wards in Kerala go to polls today

The elections here were put off following the deaths of the candidates.
January 05, 2021
Welfare Party hits back, demands proof from CPM for its alleged 'extreme politics'

The WPI state president Hameed Vaniyambalam took on both the CPM, for what he termed the CPM strategy to use the WPI as a cover to create communal polarisation, and the Congress, for not showing the political gumption to own up the UDF-WPI 'arrangement'.
January 01, 2021
Thenhipalam panchayat president, who attempted suicide, in critical condition

Vijith, who contested and won as a Muslim League representative in the 11th ward of Thenhipalam panchayath, was unilaterally elected to the president’s post reserved for Scheduled Caste.

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