The third and final phase of the Kerala Local Body polls began on Monday with four districts going to polls. Voting began at 7 am at Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod on Monday. According to reports, 7.8 percentage votes were cast until 8:30 am.

The results of the election will be declared on Wednesday. Reports state that long lines of voters were seen outside polling booths. Brisk voting was also reported in the major corporations.

Pictures on social media showed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan casting his vote in the third phase of the polls, early on Monday morning, at a polling station in Pinarayi, Kannur. The state industries and sports minister EP Jayarajan too was photographed waiting in line to cast his vote at a polling station at the Government Higher Secondary School in Aroli, Kannur.