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The State Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule of the elections to the local bodies in Kerala today (November 10, 2025).
State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan has called a press conference today at 12 noon.
Elections are to be held to 1,199 of the 1,200 local bodies in Kerala. Following the delimitation exercise in Kerala, the number of wards in the 1,200 local bodies had risen to 23,612. The 2025 elections are being held for 23,576 wards, excluding the 36 wards of the Mattannur municipality in Kannur where elections are due only in 2027.
In the 2020 elections, the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) had gained the upper hand over the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also had emerged a strong presence in several local bodies. This time, fierce battles are expected in the local bodies, notably Thiruvananthapuram Corporation where the LDF is ruling and the BJP is the major Opposition party.
As per the final voters list published by the Commission, Kerala has a little over 2.84 crore voters. The number is higher by a little over 7.8 lakh voters when compared to the voters’ list used for the 2020 local body polls. The Commission had also given another two-day opportunity on November 4 and 5 for enrollment of names in the list. The supplementary list will be published on November 14.
The 2025 local body elections have also coincided with the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters roll of the Election Commission of India (ECI) ahead of the 2026 State Assembly elections in Kerala. The Kerala government and major political parties including the CPI(M) and the Congress had objected to the ECI decision to go ahead with the SIR citing the confusion and inconvenience with respect to the local body poll arrangements.
In 2020, the local body polls in Kerala were held under strict supervision in three phases in December amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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