The Congress got 29.17% of the votes polled in the 2025 Kerala local body elections while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) stood second with 27.16%, and the Bharatiya Janata Party 14.76% votes, show the data on party-wise vote share released by the State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday.
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) took home 9.77% of the votes, while the Communist Party of India (CPI) trailed behind the Independents (5.77%) with 5.58% of the votes. The Congress received 1,60,24,802 votes, the CPI(M) 1,49,22,193 votes, the BJP 81,08,137, the IUML 53,69,745, and the CPI 30,66,476 votes.
Independents, who also include party-backed candidates although the SEC has not specified as such, polled 31,67,381 votes.
The Congress-led UDF clearly had the upper hand across panchayats, municipalities and corporations in the two-phased 2025 elections, while the CPI(M)-led LDF trailed in second position overall. The BJP-led NDA scripted an upset in the crucial 101-ward Thiruvananthapuram Corporation by emerging as the single largest party with 50 seats.
Among the other parties in the UDF fold, the Kerala Congress won 1.33% of the votes (7,30,110), the Kerala Congress (Jacob) 0.16% (85,457), and the Revolutionary Socialist Party 0.48% votes (2,63,202).
