Voting for more than 6,800 wards in over 350 local bodies across four districts of Kerala is in progress for the last phase of local body polls on Monday. The third phase of polling started from 7 am to 6 pm.

The polling is underway in 6,867 wards in 354 local bodies across Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod in Kerala. A total of 52,285 officers have been deployed for the election duty. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also voted at a polling station in Kannur's Pinarayi in the very morning on Monday.

According to the State Election Commission V Bhaskaran’s statement,  There are 89,74,993 voters in the final round, including 42,87,597 men, 46,87,310 women and 86 transgenders. "This includes 71,906 first-time voters and 1,747 NRI voters. As many as 10,842 polling booths have been set up. Webcasting has also been introduced in 1,105 problematic polling booths," said Bhaskaran.

"Those who are coronavirus positive and those in quarantine and in the certified list can vote directly at the polling station by presenting a certificate issued by the Designated Health Officer of the Department of Health during the last hour of polling," the SEC added.

Following the death of the candidates, the polls in Tathur Poyil (11) in Kozhikode Mavoor Grama Panchayat and Thillankeri (7) in Kannur district panchayat has been postponed. Votes will be counted on December 16.

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