Kochi, Nov. 24 -- Over 155,000 nominations have been approved by the State Election Commission for the upcoming elections to the three-tier rural and urban local bodies in Kerala, figures released by the poll body on Sunday showed.
According to the data, the total number of candidates stand at 107,211 -- 56,501 women, 50,709 men and 1 transgender. A total of 2,479 nominations were rejected. The figures were published after the scrutiny of nominations was completed on Saturday.
The last date for withdrawal of nominations is Monday. Polling will take place in two phases on December 9 and 11. Votes will be counted on December 13.
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