Date:03/01/2026
Address: mumbai
Maharashtra Municipal Elections – 68 Candidates Win Unopposed Without Voting: Thirteen days before the municipal elections in Maharashtra, the BJP alliance (Mahayuti) has won 68 seats unopposed. The BJP won 44 seats, while Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena won 22. Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party won two seats. According to the rules, if only one candidate remains in the fray for a seat and no other candidate files a nomination or withdraws, that candidate is declared elected unopposed. This situation occurred in these 68 seats as well, so voting was not required. This means that voting will now take place on January 15th for the remaining 2,801 seats in 29 municipal corporations. The results will be announced on January 16th. The 44 BJP candidates elected unopposed, the highest number, are from the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation in Thane district. Subsequently, he won elections from the Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Panvel, Bhiwandi, Dhule, Jalgaon, and Ahilyanagar Municipal Corporations. BJP candidates Manjusha Nagpure and Shrikant Jagtap were elected unopposed from Ward No. 35 in Pune. Both were also elected from the same ward between 2017 and 2022.MNS leader Avinash Jadhav said, if MNS leader Avinash Jadhav said, “If you want to win before the voting, why hold the elections? The two ruling parties should divide it between themselves.”Democracy has collapsed in India and the state. They chose weak opposition candidates and got their work done. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant also accused the ruling parties of pressuring opposition candidates to ensure such unopposed victories. The BMC elections are not just a municipal corporation election, but also a battle for power in Mumbai. Therefore, it is a matter of credibility for the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi. The BMC, Asia’s largest civic body with a budget of ₹74,000 crore, was ruled by the Shiv Sena without a split (1997-2017). The BJP was its ally then. The Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s budget is larger than the budgets of Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. This is why the BJP, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, the Congress, Sharad Pawar, and Ajit Pawar are trying to strengthen their hold.