on September 24 and September 26, 2005. Elections to the local bodies in Thiruvananthapuram , Kollam , Pathanamthitta , Idukki , Alappuzha , Kottayam , Ernakulam and Thrissur districts were held on September 24 and to those in Palakkad , Malappuram , Kozhikode , Wayanad , Kannur and Kasaragod districts in