A volunteer helping an elderly woman who arrived to cast vote | Photo: Praveen Das|Mathrubhumi
The first phase of the three-tier local body polls began on a peaceful note in five districts of Kerala on Tuesday with the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF, Congress-headed UDF and BJP-NDA locking horns in majority of wards. A total of 24,583 candidates are in the fray, trying their electoral luck in 6,910 wards of 395 local bodies in the districts - Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki.
A volunteer helping an elderly woman who arrived to cast vote | Photo: Praveen Das|Mathrubhumi
Actress Maneka and husband Suresh Kumar | Photo: Praveen Das M|Mathrubhumi
Serpantine queue of voters at Adityavilasam School, Pallikkavu in Kollam district | Photo: Ajith Panachikkal
Voters waiting to cast vote at Alappuzha Mararikkulam north St Augustine HSS | Photo: VP Ullas
Voters seen at the Govt LP school at Karambala in Pandalam | Mathrubhumi
Actress Maneka and husband Suresh Kumar | Photo: Praveen Das M|Mathrubhumi
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