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color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">37.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">37.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Grama Panchayat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">549 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">365 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Block Panchayat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">90 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">61 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">District Panchayat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Municipality </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">44 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Corporation </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Elections to local bodies (Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations) in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> were held in two phrases, on 2 and 5 November 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">Left Democratic Front</a> (LDF) won more than half of all <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipalities</a>, and both they and the <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">United Democratic Front</a> (UDF) won majorities in seven out of fourteen <a href="/wiki/District_Panchayat" class="mw-redirect" title="District Panchayat">district panchayats</a> each. The LDF also won mayorship in four <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation_(India)" title="Municipal corporation (India)">corporations</a> and the UDF in two.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of local bodies at the village, <a href="/wiki/Block_panchayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Block panchayat">block</a> and district levels. The Kerala Municipalities Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of municipalities and corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In total, Kerala has 1200 local self-governing bodies – 941 gram panchayats, 14 district panchayats, 152 block panchayats, 87 municipalities, 77 <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">taluks</a>, and 6 corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_and_coalitions">Parties and coalitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parties and coalitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three major political coalitions in Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of left wing and far-left parties, led by the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. The National Democratic Alliance is led by the right-wing <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Oommen_Chandy" title="Oommen Chandy">Oommen Chandy</a> said the election results would be a verdict on his government. Former Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/A._K._Antony" title="A. K. Antony">A. K. Antony</a> cited that the local body elections were the semifinals to the forthcoming <a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2016 elections</a>. Allegations of the finance minister of the state <a href="/wiki/K._M._Mani" title="K. M. Mani">K. M. Mani</a> accepting bribes from bar owners was made a focal point of the campaign by opposition parties.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) forged an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Sree_Narayana_Dharma_Paripalana_Yogam_(SNDP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP)">SNDP</a> in a bid to win the <a href="/wiki/Ezhava" title="Ezhava">Ezhava</a> community votes. UDF had rebel candidates in various panchayats and municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Twenty20_Kizhakkambalam" title="Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam">Twenty20</a>, an organisation backed by Kitex Group contested in <a href="/wiki/Kizhakkambalam" title="Kizhakkambalam">Kizhakkambalam grama panchayat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 106.48918403248px; border-left-color:#F98C1F"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#F98C1F"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#F98C1F"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:99.982235238081px 1.8848439715408px 0 0; border-top-color:#0078FF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#0078FF"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 98.751192990731px 100px 0; border-right-color:#EE0000"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:#EE0000"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p><b>Vote Share by alliance</b><sup id="cite_ref-sec2015_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec2015-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> (37.4%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> (37.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F98C1F; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">NDA</a> (13.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> Other (12%)</div> </div> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Districts </th> <th colspan="2">Voter Turnout<sup id="cite_ref-sec2015_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec2015-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th><span class="nowrap">District wise map of Kerala</span> </th> <th>District </th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="14"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Political_map_of_Kerala.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Political_map_of_Kerala.svg/300px-Political_map_of_Kerala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="416" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Political_map_of_Kerala.svg/450px-Political_map_of_Kerala.svg.png 1.5x, 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<td><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district">Ernakulam</a> </td> <td><i>78.5</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Idukki_district" title="Idukki district">Idukki</a> </td> <td><i>79.7</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kottayam_district" title="Kottayam district">Kottayam</a> </td> <td><i>78.3</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alappuzha_district" title="Alappuzha district">Alappuzha</a> </td> <td><i>79.7</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta_district" title="Pathanamthitta district">Pathanamthitta</a> </td> <td><i>72.5</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kollam_district" title="Kollam district">Kollam</a> </td> <td><i>74.9</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_district" title="Thiruvananthapuram district">Thriuvananthapuram</a> </td> <td><i>71.9</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Kerala </th> <th>77.8 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Body_Wise_Results">Local Body Wise Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local Body Wise Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> 2015 Kerala local body elections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Local self-government body </th> <th colspan="4">Local Bodies won </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:#DCDCDC"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td>Gram Panchayats </td> <td>549 </td> <td>365 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>13 </td> <th>941 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Block Panchayats </td> <td>90 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <th>152 </th></tr> <tr> <td>District Panchayats </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>14 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Municipalities </td> <td>44 </td> <td>41 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>87 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Corporations </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>6 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ward-Wise_Results">Ward-Wise Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ward-Wise Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> 2015 Kerala local body elections </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Local self-government body </th> <th colspan="4">Wards won </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:black"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td>Gram Panchayats </td> <td>7,623 </td> <td>6,324 </td> <td>933 </td> <td>1,078 </td> <th>15,962 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Block Panchayats </td> <td>1,088 </td> <td>917 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>53 </td> <th>2,076 </th></tr> <tr> <td>District Panchayats </td> <td>170 </td> <td>145 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <th>331 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Municipalities </td> <td>1,263 </td> <td>1,318 </td> <td>236 </td> <td>259 </td> <th>3,122 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Corporations </td> <td>196 </td> <td>143 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>24 </td> <th>414 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> Municipal Corporations </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">District </th> <th rowspan="3">Corporation </th> <th colspan="4">Wards won </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th> <th rowspan="3">Alliance in majority </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:black"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_district" title="Thiruvananthapuram district"><i>Thiruvananthapuram</i></a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Corporation" title="Thiruvananthapuram Corporation">Thiruvananthapuram</a></b> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><b>100</b> </td> <td><i>N/A (LDF won mayorship later)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_district" title="Kozhikode district"><i>Kozhikode</i></a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kozhikode Municipal Corporation">Kozhikode</a></b> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>75</b> </td> <td>LDF </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district"><i>Ernakulam</i></a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi</a></b> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>38 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><b>74</b> </td> <td>UDF </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kollam_district" title="Kollam district"><i>Kollam</i></a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kollam Municipal Corporation">Kollam</a></b> </td> <td>36 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><b>55</b> </td> <td>LDF </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thrissur_district" title="Thrissur district"><i>Thrissur</i></a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Thrissur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Thrissur Municipal Corporation">Thrissur</a></b> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><b>55</b> </td> <td><i>N/A (LDF won mayorship later)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannur_district" title="Kannur district"><i>Kannur</i></a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kannur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kannur Municipal Corporation">Kannur</a></b> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><b>55</b> </td> <td><i>N/A (UDF won mayorship later)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee">Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)</a> president <a href="/wiki/V._M._Sudheeran" title="V. M. Sudheeran">V. M. Sudheeran</a> said that the results show that the UDF base had not been affected much.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BJP state president <a href="/wiki/V._Muraleedharan" title="V. Muraleedharan">V. Muraleedharan</a> stated that it was impossible to fight an election in Kerala without taking their alliance into account.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twenty20 won 17 of 19 seats in Kizhakkambalam gram panchayat, thereby becoming the first corporate-ruled local body in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An Indian National Congress candidate for <a href="/wiki/Mananthavady" title="Mananthavady">Mananthavady</a> municipality, who was the Congress District Committee secretary, committed suicide after coming in third place.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Kerala_local_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kerala" title="Elections in Kerala">Elections in Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kerala_local_body_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Kerala local body elections">2020 Kerala local body elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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