[3][4] Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of local bodies at the village, block and district levels.

The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress.

Allegations of the finance minister of the state K. M. Mani accepting bribes from bar owners was made a focal point of the campaign by opposition parties.

[7] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forged an alliance with SNDP in a bid to win the Ezhava community votes.

[10] Vote Share by alliance[11] [12] Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V. M. Sudheeran said that the results show that the UDF base had not been affected much.