Overview
- Phase 1 voting is scheduled for December 9 across Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam.
- On Tuesday, voters will decide contests in three municipal corporations, 39 municipalities, seven district panchayats and 75 block panchayats.
- The Election Commission lists about 13.28 million electors choosing among 75,632 candidates in 23,576 wards, with results due December 13.
- Late campaigning featured loud roadshows, motorcycle rallies and theme-song caravans before the mandated quiet day began.
- Rhetoric centered on the Sabarimala gold theft and the case involving expelled Congress leader Rahul Mamkootathil, while local tie-ups reshaped contests, including Congress-Left cooperation in Ponmundam and CPI challenges to CPI(M) in parts of Kuttanad.