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Biju Govind

Watch | Kerala local body elections 2020: what's at stake?

Selling promises A shopkeeper selling caps and shawls with the symbols of diﬀerent political parties in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Sunday. Local body elections in the State will be held in three phases on December 8, 10 and 14. K.K. Mustafah K.K. Mustafah

The elections to the local bodies in Kerala will be held in three phases starting from December 8, 2020.

Going to the polls are 15,962 wards in 941 grama panchayats; 2,080 wards in 152 block panchayats; 331 wards in 14 district panchayats; 3,078 wards in 86 municipalities; and 414 wards in the six municipal corporations.

Campaigning for polls ends

The electorate is 2.71-crore strong, and consists of 1.41 crore women, 1.3 crore men, and 282 transgender voters. CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) — are in the fray.

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