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Thiruvananthapuram: In a move to ensure smooth conduct of polls and transparency, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Sunday approved around 1.54 lakh nomination papers for the upcoming local body polls.
The updated numbers were published after officials completed the scrutiny of papers. Local body polls in Kerala is slated to take place on December 9 and December 11.
Among the total nominations received, 82,020 were submitted by women, of which 72,524 have been accepted. Additionally, three nominations filed by a transgender person were also cleared.
Authorities rejected 2,479 nominations, including 1,354 filed by women and 1,125 submitted by men.
Following scrutiny, the number of valid candidates stands at 1,07,211—comprising 56,501 women, 50,709 men, and one transgender candidate.
The officials clarified that the gap between the number of approved nominations and the number of approved candidates stems from several individuals submitting more than one nomination.
The final candidate list will be known after the withdrawal deadline ends on Monday. Kerala will conduct its local body elections in two phases, scheduled for December 9 and 11.
1.29 lakh voters remain untraceable in Kerala
With the enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being distributed to 99.5% of the 2.78 crore voters in the state, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer-Kerala has decided to publish the list of 1.29 lakh voters who remained ‘untraceable’ owing to various reasons. This constituted 0.47% of the total electorate.
Addressing a news conference here on the sidelines of a meeting with representatives of various political parties, CEO-Kerala Rathan U Kelkar said the 1.29 lakh ‘untraceable’ voters included those who were found to be dead, had permanently shifted their residence, remained absent for a long period or also those who had already enrolled their names in other places.
“We will publish the names of voters whose enumeration forms have not been returned due to various reasons.
This will enable eligible voters as well as the Booth Level Agents (BLAs) of political parties to rectify the issues before the enumeration process ends on December 4,” Kelkar said. The official added that collection hubs have been organised at the booth level for voters to return the filled forms to the BLOs.
