By-elections in 38 local body wards on September 28

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: By-elections will be held in 38 local body wards across Kerala, including Kallara in the Thiruvananthapuram District Panchayat, on September 28, State Election Commissioner N. Seshadrinathan said. The notification will be issued on Thursday.

Nominations can be filed from Thursday to September 10. Scrutiny of nominations will be held on September 11, while September 14 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations.

Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm on September 28. Counting of votes will begin at 10 am on September 29. The model code of conduct came into force on Wednesday. The by-elections will be conducted based on the revised electoral roll published on August 19.

The by-elections will be held in 12 districts, excluding Kollam and Alappuzha. The seats include two corporation wards in Ernakulam and Kozhikode, three municipality wards in Thrissur, Palakkad and Kannur, three district panchayat wards in Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam and Palakkad, seven block panchayat wards and 23 gram panchayat wards.