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Kerala had witnessed a fierce campaign in the run up to the polls by the ruling CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF), Opposition Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP led NDA.
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The Election Commission has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in all the constituencies, declaring them as 'sensitive'.
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As the incident came to light, the District Election Officer suspended five poll officials of the booth, set up at 107(A) Khotlir LP School, and proposed a repoll.
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A total of 264 candidates are in the fray for 47 seats 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.
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The commission has made it clear that polling will not be held in the constituencies affected by a stay order issued by a court and where the local body has more than six months of its tenure left.
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Elections to 294 constituencies in the state will be held in eight phases till April 29 and the results will be declared on May 2.
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A total of 264 candidates are in the fray from 47 seats-- 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.
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As many as 77,73,231 voters are eligible to vote in the municipal elections with 38,25,129 male voters, 39,46,952 female voters and 1,150 others.
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Elections are being held in 8,235 seats, where the BJP has fielded 8,161 candidates, the Congress-7,778, the Aam Aadmi Party-2,090, among others, said the SEC.
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These municipal wards are Rohini-C, Shalimar Bagh (North), Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Chauan Banger.
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Huge voter turnout was recorded in the majority of 2,743 Panchayats going to polls in the last phase.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also scheduled to cast his vote at a booth in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad.
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As the State Election Commission had ordered on Tuesday re-polling at two polling booths of Mohali Municipal Corporation, the counting for this entire civic body will take place on Thursday.
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The first phase of polling recorded 84.23 per cent voting.
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The polls will be conducted in four phases till February 21 with the first first one being held on Tuesday.
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Polling for 31 DDC seats -- 13 in Kashmir division and 18 in Jammu division -- began at 7 am.
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Kerala recorded 76.38 per cent voter turnout in the 2nd phase of local body elections held in five districts, last week, according to the state election commission.
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There are a total of 305 candidates in the electoral fray including 166 from Kashmir division and 139 from Jammu division for DDC elections in phase 3.
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The repoll in the division is being held after CPI contesting candidate complained about mismatch of the party symbol in the ballot paper on Tuesday.
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In the 2016 elections, the poll per cent was 45.29 percent.