The 2025 local body elections in Kerala will be held in two phases on December 9 and December 11, State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan said in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday (November 10, 2025), announcing the schedule of the elections.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam will go to polls on December 9. Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasaragod, and Kozhikode on December 11.

The votes will be counted on December 13 from 8 a.m. at multiple counting centres across the State.

Nominations can be filed up to November 21. The scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on November 22. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is November 24.

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