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Mattathur panchayat president Tessi among members to face action.
This time, including the 50 in Thiruvananthapuram, BJP secured 93 wards.
The LDF won only 20 municipalities, down from 43 in 2020, while the UDF won 47 municipalities, up from 43 in 2020.
Despite being late entrants to Kerala’s periodic electoral landscape, panchayat elections quickly carved out a category of their own.
From the outside, Udma panchayat is known for housing two luxury resorts, Taj and Lalit.
With this, a total of 34 persons have died in poll-related violence since the announcement of voting date on June 8.
The counting of votes began Sunday for lakhs of panchayat seats in the state, a process expected to take two days across 829 centres.
Suresh Kuzhikattu, lone BJP candidate who won from 8th ward of Kanchiyar panchayat, will be the president.
A senior police official said a case has been registered based on a complaint from Asiaville multimedia producer Riya Mathews.
The cabinet also decided to enact new legislation -- Assam Private Placement Agencies for Recruitment Regulation Act -- to safeguard the interest of youths working outside the state.
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