Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 1 -- In less than two weeks, voters in Kerala will head to the polling booths to choose their representatives for the three-tier rural and urban local bodies. Conducted every five years, the elections are fought along political lines with candidates being fielded on party tickets.

This time, the voting will take place in two phases on December 9 and 11 across the state's 14 districts, with the counting of votes scheduled for December 13.

As per the final figures released by the State Election Commission (SEC), which is conducting the polls, a total of 75,632 candidates are in the fray, with women outnumbering men.

Barring 14 wards where candidates (all of LDF) won uncontested, elections will be held to 17,337 w...