Thiruvananthapuram: The second phase of polling for Kerala's local body elections will be held on Thursday across seven districts. The State Election Commission has put in place elaborate security and monitoring arrangements, especially at 2,055 sensitive polling booths identified as vulnerable, an official said on Wednesday.

Polling will begin at 7 am and continue till 6 pm. Voting is scheduled to take place in 604 local self-government institutions spread across Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts.

These include 470 gram panchayats, 77 block panchayats, seven district panchayats, 47 municipalities and three corporations. A total of 12,391 wards are going to the polls in this phase.

The electorate for this phase stands at 1,53,37,176 vot

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