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Megastar Mammootty misses Kerala local body polls after name disappears from voters list

Kochi, Dec 9 (UNI) Malayalam megastar Mammootty was unable to cast his vote in the first phase of the Kerala local body elections today after officials confirmed that his name was not included in the voters list.
The actor, who had planned to vote from his residential ward in Kochi, came to know about the omission when he checked his polling details ahead of voting.
This is not the first time Mammootty has encountered such an issue. He had also missed voting in the 2020 local body elections due to a similar discrepancy in the electoral roll.
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