The first phase of voting for Kerala’s local body elections concluded on Tuesday with overall voter turnout reaching 70.61 per cent by 6.30 pm. Voting started at 7 am for the local bodies in seven districts such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam and by 2 pm, the polling percentage crossed 50 per cent, according to the State Election Commission (SEC) figures.
