Maharashtra Municipal Council Elections
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Maharashtra Local Body Polls 2025: What will remain open and what stays shut on December 2?
Maharashtra | Dec 01, 2025, 11:56 PM ISTMaharashtra Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat Polls 2025: According to the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC), the voting will begin at 7.30 am at approximately 13,355 polling stations and will continue till 5.30 pm. The counting of votes will take place on Wednesday (December 3).
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Maharashtra local body election: Polling rescheduled in several districts, wards amid irregularities
Maharashtra | Dec 01, 2025, 02:22 PM ISTAccording to the SEC, the postponement stems from serious lapses in handling appeals filed by candidates whose nomination papers were rejected. As per the rule, all appeal decisions must be finalised by November 22, allowing candidates a three-day window for withdrawal before symbols are allotted.
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Maharashtra local body polls: Eknath Shinde warns police, exposes Mahayuti tensions ahead of voting
Maharashtra | Nov 30, 2025, 11:57 AM ISTMaharashtra local body polls: Deputy CM Shinde highlighted his composed demeanour during fiery Phaltan rally, declaring, "People see me as calm and quiet, and that's true-until moment demands action, when I decisively set things right," invoking his 2022 rebellion that reshaped Maharashtra politics.
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Maharashtra local body election: Government declares paid leave on Dec 2 in districts going to polls
Maharashtra | Nov 28, 2025, 05:43 PM ISTThe state government has issued a resolution in this regard, which stated that employees in the districts going to the polls be given a paid off cast their votes. This applies to employees even if their workplace is outside the constituency in which they are registered as voters.
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Maharashtra local body polls: Deadline of election campaign extended till 10 pm on December 1
Maharashtra | Nov 28, 2025, 12:48 PM ISTMaharashtra schedules polls for 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats on December 2, followed by vote counting and results on December 3. Municipal corporation elections across the state are slated for later in January 2026, adhering to Supreme Court directives for completion by January 31.
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Will Shinde-BJP alliance collapse after Dec 2? State chief Chavan's remark sparks political storm
Maharashtra | Nov 28, 2025, 12:20 PM ISTBJP's Maharashtra President Ravindra Chavan declined to clarify allegations made by Shiv Sena MLA Nilesh Rane over the vote bribery by the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Maharashtra local bypolls. Chavan stated that he wants to save the alliance till December 2.
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BMC elections: 11 lakh of Mumbai's 1.03 crore electorate are duplicate entries, shows SEC data
Maharashtra | Nov 27, 2025, 10:52 PM ISTBMC elections: Over 4.33 lakh voters were registered more than once in the draft voter list that was published last week, the Maharashtra SEC data showed. Some of the names even appeared more than 100 times.
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Maharashtra civic polls: Uddhav meets Raj, talks on alliance in Thane, Nashik, Sambhajinagar
Maharashtra | Nov 27, 2025, 07:44 PM ISTUddhav and Raj Thackeray held discussions on the upcoming local body polls in Maharashtra and also covered possible alliance for other major civic bodies, including Thane, Nashik, Kalyan Dombivli and Sambhajinagar where both parties have pockets of influence.
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Maharashtra govt decides to act against Bangladeshi infiltrators ahead of local body elections
Maharashtra | Nov 27, 2025, 06:56 PM ISTMaharashtra local body elections 2025: The development comes after the Maharashtra Police found that several illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas, residing in different districts of the state, have obtained fake birth certificates using forged documents.
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Clash between BJP, Shinde Sena intensifies ahead of Maharashtra local body polls
Maharashtra | Nov 27, 2025, 03:31 PM ISTA day after BJP inducted Shiv Sena leader Rupasingh Dhal, the Shinde faction responded by bringing BJP’s female leader Roshnil Fernandes into their party. Shiv Sena warned that any attempts to poach their members would be met with reciprocal actions.
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Maharashtra local body polls: Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant urges Mahayuti unity in Kalyan-Dombivli
Maharashtra | Nov 26, 2025, 12:47 PM ISTShrikant Shinde admitted that the Shiv Sena and the BJP are locked in 'friendly fights' in several municipal council contests, but appealed to cadres on both sides to exercise restraint and refrain from personal attacks on their alliance partners.