Elections to local governments (Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations) in Kerala were held on 9 December 2025 and 11 December 2025 in 2 phases. Results were announced on 13 December 2025 through the Kerala State Election Commission's official results portal after conclusion of counting.

The State Election Commission, Kerala had completed preparatory processes, including finalising electoral rolls, delimitation of wards, and scheduling. According to the final voter's list published by the Kerala State Election Commission, the State had a total of 2,84,30,761 registered voters.

Background Local body elections in Kerala are held every five years to elect members to grama, block, and district panchayats, as well as municipalities and municipal corporations. The 2020 Kerala local elections were held in December 2020, resulting in a decisive victory for the LDF.

Ward delimitation 2025 In preparation for the 2025 Kerala local body elections, the state undertook a ward delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census. As a result, the total number of wards across local self-government institutions increased from 21,900 to 23,612, adding 1,712 new. The exercise was carried out by a Delimitation Commission, Kerala headed by State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan and covered all districts of the state. Public hearings were held before issuing the final notifications between May and July 2025.

The number of wards in the state’s 87 municipalities increased from 3,113 to 3,241, while the six municipal corporations saw an increase from 414 to 421 wards. In the 941 grama panchayats, the total number of wards rose from 15,962 to 17,337. The 152 block panchayats recorded an increase from 2,080 to 2,267 wards, and the 14 district panchayats now have 346 wards, up from the previous 331.

Schedule The State Election Commission held the polling in 2 phases in December 2025. The first phase was held on December 9 for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam; The second phase was then held on December 11 for the districts of Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasaragod, and Kozhikode. District administrations released preliminary notifications regarding reservation draws, ward delimitations, and procurement for polling materials.

Voter rolls The SEC has undertaken summary revision of electoral rolls with house-to-house enumeration and verification of entries. Political parties have raised concerns regarding alleged duplication of entries and have submitted complaints to district collectors and the SEC.

In July 2025, voter list was published listing 2,66,78,256 registered voters—of whom 1,40,45,837 were women, 1,26,32,186 men and 233 transgender voters. After summary revision and disposal of claims and objections, the final voters’ list was published in September 2025, showing a total of 2,83,12,472 voters—an increase of 16.34 lakh over the draft list. The SEC allowed new voter applications and corrections until 12 August 2025, following which the rolls were frozen for the conduct of elections. The complete electoral roll can be accessed on the SEC’s official voter-search portal.

Parties and coalitions The main political alliances contesting the elections were expected to be:

The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and including the Communist Party of India (CPI), Kerala Congress (M), JD(S) (Thomas Faction), NCP (SP), Congress (Secular), and several smaller left-aligned groups. The United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the INC and including the IUML, Kerala Congress factions such as KC(Jacob), RSP, and CMP(J). The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the BJP and including the BDJS, Kerala Kamaraj Congress and allied regional partners.

In addition, several minor and independent parties also fielded candidates in various wards, including the SDPI, Welfare Party of India, Aam Aadmi Party, and Twenty20, a civic platform based in Kizhakkambalam. Independents and local issue-based collectives were also expected to contest extensively across the state.

Conduct The Kerala State Election Commission had released administrative circulars related to polling arrangements, counting centres, and electronic publication of trends and results through the TREND 2025 portal.

Results Results were published by the SEC on its official portal after counting. This is a summary of the outcome. Vote share The following table summarizes the party-wise vote share and total votes polled across the four primary tiers of local self-government in Kerala. The 2025 elections saw a significant shift, with the United Democratic Front (UDF) emerging as the largest alliance in terms of total vote percentage across all segments.

Consolidated Vote Share by Local Body Tier (2025) AllianceCorporationsMunicipalitiesGrama PanchayatsDistrict PanchayatsTotal Vote Share (Statewide)UDF35.51%39.07%39.15%42.01%38.81%LDF33.63%29.63%34.51%38.66%33.45%NDA22.60%14.29%13.73%15.66%14.71%Others8.25%17.01%12.61%3.67%13.03% Sources:

Local body wise

Summary

+ 2025 Kerala local body electionsLocal self-government bodyLocal Bodies in leadTotalUDFLDFNDAOthersTieGrama Panchayats505 (184)340 (174)26 (7)6 64941Block Panchayats79 (41)63 (45)0 ()0 ()10152District Panchayats7 (4)7 (4)0 ()0 ()014Municipalities54 (13)28 (15)2 ()1 (1)1 86Corporations4 ( 3)1 (4)1 ( 1)0 ()06

Ward-wise +Local self-government bodyWards in leadTotalUDFLDFNDAOthersGrama Panchayats8,021 (2,128)6,568 (694)1,447 (265)1,299 (321)17,337Block Panchayats1241 (514)923 (343)54 (17)49 ()2267District Panchayats195 (85)149 (63)1 (1)1 (5)346Municipalities1,458 (286)1,100 (67)324 (4)323 (93)3,205Corporations187 (67)125 (82)93 (33)15 (12)346

Municipal Corporations +Municipal CorporationsCorporationWards wonTotalAlliance in majority (2020)Alliance in majority (2025)UDFLDFNDAOthersKannur36 (2)15 (4)4 (3)1 ()56UDFUDFKochi47 (16)20 (14)6 (1)3 (1)76LDFUDFKollam27 (18)16 (23)12 (6)1 ()56LDFUDFKozhikode28 (11)35 (16)13 (6)3 (3)76LDF LDFThiruvananthapuram20 (10)29 (24)50 (15)2 (1)101LDFNDAThrissur33 (9)11 (13)8 (2)4 (3)56Hung/LDFUDF

Seats Won by Other Parties The Aam Aadmi Party has opened its account in Kerala by winning 3 seats in the Kerala local body elections, all secured by women candidates.

In Aikaranadu Grama Panchayat, Twenty20 won all 16 wards while in Kizhakkambalam Grama Panchayat, it won 14 of 21 wards and retained that panchayat. In Thiruvaniyoor, it secured 9 of 18 wards. Though Twenty20 lost control of some of its previously held panchayats such as Mazhuvannoor and Kunnathunad, they have won seats in a few other panchayat wards (e.g., Poothrikka, Vengola, Manakkad). It also one 3 divisions in Vazhakulam Block Panchayat.

Seats won by Alliances across wards

UDF

Indian National Congress: 7826 Indian Union Muslim League: 2850 Kerala Congress: 332 Revolutionary Socialist Party: 57 Kerala Congress (Jacob): 34 Revolutionary Marxist Party of India: 29 Communist Marxist Party Central Council (CP John faction): 10 Kerala Democratic Party: 8 Bharatiya National Janata Dal: 3 All India Forward Bloc: 1

LDF

Communist Party of India (Marxist): 7475 Communist Party of India: 1019 Kerala Congress (M): 246 Rashtriya Janata Dal: 63 Janata Dal (Secular): 44 Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar: 25 Kerala Congress (B): 15 Indian National League: 10 National Secular Conference: 9 Congress (Secular): 8 Janadhipathya Kerala Congress: 6

NDA

Bharatiya Janata Party: 1914 Twenty 20 Party: 78 Bharath Dharma Jana Sena: 5 Lok Janshakthi Party: 1

Others

Social Democratic Party of India: 97 Welfare Party of India: 31 Peoples Democratic Party: 5 Aam Aadmi Party: 3 Bahujan Samaj Party: 3 Samajwadi Party: 1 Independents: 1403

District wise results The following are the district-wise local body election results based on majority: District Alliance Gram Panchayats Block Panchayats District Panchayats Municipalities Corporations Thiruvananthapuram Total 38 8 1 2 1 LDF 21 4 1 2 0 UDF 16 4 0 0 0 NDA 1 0 0 0 1 Kollam Total 35 9 1 4 0 LDF 18 6 1 3 0 UDF 17 3 0 1 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Pathanamthitta Total 28 7 1 2 0 LDF 6 0 0 0 0 UDF 21 7 1 2 0 NDA 1 0 0 0 0 Alappuzha Total 32 10 1 3 0 LDF 21 6 1 1 0 UDF 11 4 0 2 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Kottayam Total 36 1 2 0 LDF 10 2 0 0 0 UDF 26 9 1 2 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Idukki Total 42 8 1 1 0 LDF 10 1 0 0 0 UDF 32 7 1 1 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Ernakulam Total 62 13 1 8 1 LDF 3 1 0 0 0 UDF 57 12 1 8 1 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Others 2 0 0 0 0 Thrissur Total 55 11 1 5 1 LDF 30 8 1 3 0 UDF 24 3 0 2 1 NDA 1 0 0 0 0 Palakkad Total 59 12 1 3 0 LDF 37 9 1 0 0 UDF 20 3 0 3 0 NDA 2 0 0 0 0 Malappuram Total 82 14 1 11 0 LDF 2 0 0 1 0 UDF 79 14 1 10 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Others 1 0 0 0 0 Kozhikode Total 52 8 0 5 0 LDF 21 6 0 1 0 UDF 31 2 0 4 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Wayanad Total 17 4 1 2 0 LDF 3 0 0 1 0 UDF 14 4 1 2 0 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Kannur Total 67 9 1 6 1 LDF 47 8 1 4 0 UDF 20 1 0 2 1 NDA 0 0 0 0 0 Kasaragod Total 25 6 0 2 0 LDF 10 4 0 1 0 UDF 14 2 0 1 0 NDA 1 0 0 0 0

By-polls

By-elections were held to 38 wards and divisions across Kerala on 28 September 2026, with results declared on 29 September. The United Democratic Front (UDF) won 19 seats, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF) secured 18 seats. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which included Twenty 20 Party, retained their one seat meanwhile Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to win any seats. The by-elections recorded a voter turnout of 58.81%.

Results

Alliance Seats contested Seats won Net change UDF 38 19 3 LDF 38 18 3 NDA 38 1

See also Elections in Kerala 2020 Kerala local elections 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation election Local government in Kerala Elections in Kerala 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Notes

References

External links State Election Commission, Kerala – TREND 2025 Portal Mathrubhumi – Kerala local body elections 2025 coverage Alappuzha District – Panchayat Election 2025 documents