Thiruvananthapuram: In what is being seen as a curtain-raiser for next year’s assembly polls, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is inching towards a major victory in the Kerala local body polls, with a comeback in crucial urban and rural local bodies.

According to the latest update, the UDF has won four of the six municipal corporations and is inching towards victory in 54 of the 87 municipalities, seven of the 14 district panchayats, 79 of the 152 block panchayats, and 504 of the 941 village panchayats in the state. While the Congress registered significant gains, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) suffered a major setback, securing a lead in just one corporation, 28 municipalities, 63 block panchayats, seven district panchayats, and 341 village panchayats.

The result

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