Local body polls: Voting for final phase underway in Kerala

Updated:5 years, 1 month ago

Malappuram/ Kozhikode (Kerala), Dec 14 (ANI): Polling is underway for the third phase of local body elections in several parts of Kerala on December 14. People were seen standing in a queue at a polling booth in Kerala’s Malappuram, waiting for their turn to cast their votes. Polling booth in Kozhikode was also busy for last phase of voting. Voting is slated to take place from 07:00 am to 06:00 pm. Polling for 6,867 wards in 354 local bodies across Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod is underway for the last phase of local body polls in Kerala. According to State Election Commission (SEC) V Bhaskaran, there are 89,74,993 voters in the final round, including 42,87,597 men, 46,87,310 women and 86 transgenders. "This includes 71,906 first-time voters and 1,747 NRI voters. As many as 10,842 polling booths have been set up. Webcasting has also been introduced in 1,105 problematic polling booths," said Bhaskaran.

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