Overview
- Manjusha Nagpure and Shrikant Jagtap were declared elected without polling from Suncity–Manikbaug (Ward 35) after rival candidates withdrew on the final day for withdrawals.
- Nagpure secures a third consecutive term, while Jagtap returns for a second term after his opponent Nitin Gaikwad pulled out.
- Suncity–Manikbaug elects four corporators with reservations for one woman in the general category, one woman from OBC, and two general-category seats.
- The other BJP nominees in the ward, Sachin More and Jyoti Gosavi, continue their campaigns for the citywide vote set for January 15, with results due January 16.
- Across the PMC process, 174 nomination papers were rejected during scrutiny and 67 candidates withdrew on the first day, developments reporters describe as giving the BJP an early lift.