Panchayat Elections is a term widely used in Kerala, India, for the polls that are held to select the "Local Self-government Representatives". There are three branches of local self-government institutions in Kerala. They are "Grama Panchayat" which can be translated as Village Government, "Block Panchayat" and "District Panchayat". A Grama Panchayat is almost an equivalent to City administration and District Panchayat to a County. There are two more wings namely Municipality which is another form of Block Panchayat that exists only in major towns and "Corporations" that come only in six major cities. Consequent to the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India, the local self-government institutions (LSGIs) are to function as the third tier of government.