India, Dec. 13 -- The BJP may finally be able to make a mark in Kerala's electoral field, going by trends in counting of votes for the local body elections on Saturday, December 13.

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The BJP has been aiming to win power in the state capital's urban body for the past 10 years, while it struggles to make an overall impact in term of assembly seats, ahead of the April 2026 state election.

The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat is held by the Congress's Shashi Tharoor, whose equation with his party has been complicated lately as he purportedly moves closer to the Centre's ruling BJP with frequent praises for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

However, the BJP is staring at a setback of so...