Despite its significant maiden victory in the Thiruvananthapuram municipal corporation, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has very little else to cheer in the results of the Kerala local body elections 2025.

As per Election Commission data, the NDA won 1,919 wards in 2025, a nominal increase from 1,597 in 2020. Also, the NDA gained a majority in 26 village panchayats, up from 19 in 2020. This was despite the BJP fielding the most candidates (19,262) in the elections, while the Congress had only 17,497 and the CPI (M) 14,802.

Outside the Thiruvananthapuram corporation and the two municipalities (Tripunithura and Palakkad), the NDA was unable to translate the increase in the number of wards into electoral success in local bodies. This was largely due to the BJP’s victories bei

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