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Ahead of the 2025 local body polls, the State Election Commission has published an updated list of election symbols and the political parties to which they have been assigned.
The symbols and national parties are as follows:
Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Hammer, Sickle and Star; Indian National Congress - Hand; Bharatiya Janata Party - Lotus; Bahujan Samaj Party - Elephant; Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) - Broom; National People’s Party - Book.
The symbols and State parties are as follows:
Communist Party of India - Ears of Corn and Sickle; Indian Union Muslim League - Ladder; Revolutionary Socialist Party - Spade and Stoker; Kerala Congress (M) - Two Leaves; Kerala Congress - Autorickshaw, and Janata Dal (Secular) - Woman farmer carrying paddy on her head.
In addition to these, symbols have been allotted to 28 State parties of other States and UTs, registered unrecognised political parties with member/members in the Kerala Legislative Assembly or member/members in any of the local bodies in Kerala.
Further, the Commission has also published a list of 78 ‘free symbols’ for independent candidates. This list also includes symbols allotted to registered unrecognised parties not mentioned in the aforementioned list. Some of the symbols have been allotted to parties on ‘priority basis.’
The Commission had published a draft list of symbols on September 19 this year. The final notification has been published after examining the claims and ibjections raised by political parties. The Election Commission of India’s September 19 order on the delisting of registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) also was taken into accounts when finalising the list, the State Commission said.
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