SEC data shows UDF tops Kerala local body elections with 38.8% vote share

In the recently concluded local body elections in Kerala, the Congress-led UDF got 38.81% of the total votes polled, five per cent more than the CPI(M)-led LDF, according to data released by the State Election Commission on Friday.

A brief report on the 2025 local body elections released by the SEC showed that the LDF got 33.45% votes, while the BJP-led NDA stood third with 14.71% of the over 2.12 crore votes.

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In the six municipal corporations, the UDF got 34.95% votes, slightly ahead of the LDF’s 33.67%, while the NDA got 23.58%.

At the district panchayat level, UDF got 39.17% votes, followed by LDF with 34.02% and NDA with 13.92%.

In municipalities, the UDF again led with 38.85% votes, while the LDF got 29.88% and the NDA 14.40%, SEC data shows.

A comparison of ward-level results of the 2020 and 2025 civic elections revealed a significant change, with the LDF winning 1,227 fewer wards than last time, while the UDF recorded a net gain of 3,082 wards.

According to the SEC, the NDA improved its performance by winning 320 more wards in 2025 compared to the previous local body elections.