Published on Mar 04, 2023
Local Body Election Kerala 2020 : LIVE Kerala Local Body Election 2020 Results, Panchayat Election Kerala 2020, @ http://sec.kerala.gov.in/
Elections to local bodies (Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations) in Kerala will be held in December 2020. The polling is to be held in three stages; on 8, 10 and 14 December, with the votes being counted on 16 December.
Sl No |
LGI Type |
No of LGIs |
No of Wards |
No of Members |
Mayor/Chairman/President |
Standing comitte chairman |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male |
Female |
Total |
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| 1 | District Panchayat | 14 | 331 | 157 | 174 | 331 | 14 | 70 |
| 2 | Block Panchayat | 152 | 2080 | 949 | 1126 | 2075 | 140 | 556 |
| 3 | Municipality | 87 | 3078 | 1460 | 1617 | 3077 | 81 | 487 |
| 4 | Corporation | 6 | 414 | 190 | 222 | 412 | 5 | 47 |
| 5 | Grama Panchayat | 941 | 15962 | 7215 | 8706 | 15921 | 882 | 3502 |
| 1200 | 21865 | 9971 | 11845 | 21816 | 1122 | 4662 | ||
Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of local bodies at the village, block and district levels. The Kerala Municipalities Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of municipalities and corporations.
In total, Kerala has 1200 local self-governing bodies - 941 gram panchayats, 14 district panchayats, 152 block panchayats, 87 municipalities, 77 taluks, and 6 corporations.
An all-party meeting decided to file a plea in the state high court to defer the polls, which was set for November 2020, considering the increasing COVID cases
An ordinance by the Governor of the state, which temporarily amended Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, allows COVID-19 quarantined patients to vote via postal ballots and increases the voting time by two hours.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of left wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is a coalition consisting chiefly of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party.
Local self-government body |
Local Bodies won |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LDF |
UDF |
NDA |
Others |
Hung |
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| Gram Panchayats | 551 | 362 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 941 |
| Block Panchayats | 88 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 152 |
| District Panchayats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Municipalities | 45 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| Corporations | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Local self-government body |
Wards won |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LDF |
UDF |
NDA |
Others |
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| Gram Panchayats | 7,623 | 6,324 | 933 | 1,078 | 15,962 |
| Block Panchayats | 1,088 | 917 | 21 | 53 | 2,076 |
| District Panchayats | 170 | 145 | 3 | 4 | 331 |
| Municipalities | 1,263 | 1,318 | 236 | 259 | 3,122 |
| Corporations | 196 | 143 | 51 | 24 | 414 |
In a first, COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine will be allowed to vote through the postal ballot facility in Kerala's local body election. Special polling teams will carry application and declaration forms as well as the postal ballots for coronavirus patients, who will be categorised as "special voters".
As the term of the current members of local bodies end on November 11, three-member administrative committees would be formed and take over administration in each local body, in accordance with Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994.
Kerala High Court dismissed petitions which alleged that reservation of local body constituencies continued for a third successive term citing that the court would not interfere in elections.
1.68 lakh candidates filed nominations to various local bodies, which was dwindled down to 74,899 candidates after the rest withdrew their nominations. In total there are 34,744 polling booths; 29,321 in panchayats, 3,422 in municipalities and 2,001 in corporations.
