Byelections: Polling Begins in 38 Local Body Wards Across Keralam

Thiruvananthapuram: Polling has begun in the byelections to 38 local body wards in Keralam. Voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm. A total of 126 candidates are contesting across 12 districts, excluding Kollam and Alappuzha. As many as 385 polling stations have been set up.

The byelections are being held in two corporation divisions, three municipality divisions, three district panchayat divisions, seven block panchayat divisions and 23 panchayat wards.

This is the first local body byelection in the state after the Assembly elections.

Counting of votes will begin at 10 am on Tuesday. The election results will be available on the TREND section of the State Election Commission’s website, www.sec.kerala.gov.in.