Malappuram, Jan. 12 -- The polling began on Monday in the Payimpadam ward of Moothedam gram panchayat in Malappuram district of Kerala.

The Payimpadam ward is the seventh of Moothedam gram panchayat's 17 wards.

The polling station has been set up at Karappuram Crescent UP School. The ward has a total of 991 voters.

The voting will continue until 6 pm.

The election in this ward was postponed following the death of the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, Vattath Haseena, three days before the scheduled polling date.

While the panchayat ward election was deferred, voting in the district and block divisions had already been conducted. The counting of votes will be held on January 13.

Earlier, the UDF had won 16 out of the 17 wards ...