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KOCHI: Counting of votes for 1,199 section bodies successful Kerala began astatine 8 americium connected Saturday, with postal ballots counted first, followed by EVM votes. The State Election Commission (SEC) reported archetypal trends showing the ruling LDF, the absorption UDF, and the NDA starring successful assorted gram panchayat, artifact panchayat, municipality, and corp wards.
Counting is underway astatine 244 centres and 14 territory collectorates.Live Updates:
- By 9.06 am, the NDA mislaid immoderate momentum, with leads dropping to 10 successful gram panchayats, 1 successful artifact panchayat, 4 successful municipalities, and 0 successful municipal corporations.
- Trends astatine 8.51am indicated the LDF starring successful 136 Gram Panchayat seats, portion the UDF led successful 113. Among 87 municipalities, the LDF and UDF were starring successful 29 and 28 seats, respectively.
Some issues were reported astatine a fewer centres, including Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, and Vadakara, implicit introduction of booth agents and candidates.The results are seen arsenic an important indicator up of the 2026 Kerala assembly elections, shaping the aboriginal campaigning strategies of governmental parties and fronts successful the state. The oath-taking ceremonies for elected panchayat members and municipal councillors volition beryllium held astatine 10 americium connected December 21, portion corp councillors volition instrumentality oath astatine 11am the aforesaid day.
