Kerala went for local body elections in two phases across all 14 districts on December 9 and 11. Kochi voted on December 9 and recorded a 74.59 per cent voter turnout, with 19,89,881 of the 26,67,746 voters casting their ballots. Of the 13,88,544 women voters, 73.38 per cent turned out, while 75.9 per cent of the 12,79,170 male voters cast their votes. Among transgender voters, the turnout stood at 37.5 per cent. Voting was held across 3,021 polling booths in the district.