Local body elections: all set for counting
Counting of votes for the civic polls held on November 2 and 5 will be taken up on Saturday amid tight security in different centres across the state.
Total Polling : 77.35 %
The preparations for counting, which will begin at 8 am, are complete in the 224 centres. The results will be out within a few hours.
The main contestants – Congress-led ruling UDF, CPI(M)-headed LDF Opposition and the BJP – fought the polls keenly to 6 corporations, 86 municipalities, 941 grama panchayats, 152 block panchayats and 14 district panchayats. A total of 75,549 candidates contested 21,905 wards. |