2025 Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation election
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The 2025 Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation election was held on 9 December 2025 to elect councillors to the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, the governing body of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious, securing 50 seats and forming the municipal government for the first time in the corporation's history with V.V. Rajesh and Asha Nath of the BJP being elected as the mayor and deputy mayor respectively.
Election schedule
The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 10 November 2025. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Poll Event ! Schedule |- | Notification Date | 14 November 2025 |- | Last Date for filing nomination | 21 November 2025 |- | Scrutiny of nomination | 22 November 2025 |- | Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 24 November 2025 |- | Date of Poll |9 December 2025 |- | Date of Counting of Votes |13 December 2025 |}
Parties and alliances
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= {| class="wikitable" width="61%" " style="text-align:center | colspan="6" |- | colspan="6" | National Democratic Alliance |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Flag ! Symbol ! Leader !Seats contested |- | | 50px | 40px | V. V. Rajesh | 96 |- | | 50px | | | 3 |- | | 50px | | | 1 |- | | 50px | 50px | Manikandan S. | 1 |- ! colspan="5" | Total ! 101 |}
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= {| class="wikitable" width="50%" " style="text-align:center | colspan="6" |- | colspan="6" | Left Democratic Front |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Flag ! Symbol ! Leader !Seats contested |- | | 50px | 45px | | 70 |- | | 50px | 50px | | 17 |- | | 50px | 50px | | 3 |- | | 50px | 30px | | 3 |- | | 50px | 20px | | 2 |- | | 50px | | | 1 |- | | 50px | 30px | | 1 |- | | 50px | | | 1 |- | | 50px | | | 1 |- | | 50x50px | 40px | | 1 |- | | 50px | 50px | | 1 |- ! colspan="5" | Total ! 101 |}
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{| class="wikitable" width="61%" " style="text-align:center | colspan="6" |- | colspan="6" | United Democratic Front |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Flag ! Symbol ! Leader !Seats contested |- | | Indian National Congress | 50px | 40px | K. S. Sabarinadhan | 88 |- | | Communist Marxist Party | 50px | 50px | M. R. Manoj | 5 |- | | Indian Union Muslim League | 50px | 50px | | 4 |- | | Kerala Congress | 50px |50px | | 2 |- | | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 50px | 50px | | 2 |- ! colspan="5" |Total ! 101 |}
Results
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="4" rowspan="2"|Party ! colspan="3" |Seats |- !Contested !Won !+/− |- | |colspan="3"|National Democratic Alliance |101 |50 |15 |- | |colspan="3"|Left Democratic Front |101 |29 |23 |- | |colspan="3"|United Democratic Front |101 |20 |9 |- | |colspan="3"|Independents |101 |2 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total !101 !101 ! |- |}
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