2025 Kerala local elections

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)

Sources:

Local body wise

Summary

Ward-wise

Muncipal Corporations

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.

District wise results

The following are the district-wise local body election results based on majority:

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