Thiruvananthapuram: Ballot papers and labels will be printed in Tamil and Kannada languages in wards with linguistic minorities for the local body elections.
Ballot papers will be printed in Tamil in addition to Malayalam in a few wards in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Palakkad and Wayanad. Kannada ballot labels and papers will be available in some of the wards in Kasaragod district.
In total, Tamil ballot papers will be printed in 375 wards in 36 grama panchayats and Kannada ballot papers will be available in 228 wards in 18 grama panchayats. Tamil ballot will be printed in Valiyasala and Karamana wards under Thiruvananthapuram corporation.
In Kasaragod, Kannada ballot will be printed in 38 wards under Kasaragod municipality and Tamil ballot will be available in three wards under Chittor Thathamangalam municipality.
Among the district panchayats, 12 wards in Kollam, three wards in Pathanamthitta, 224 wards in Idukki, 135 wards in Palakkad, one ward in Wayanad will have Tamil ballots.
As many as 228 wards in Kasaragod district panchayat will have Kannada ballot papers.