Overview
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said alliances will be confirmed after the nomination window shuts, stressing that local bodies contests are being decided by district units.
- Sharad Pawar stated that Nationalist Congress Party leaders at the local level will choose whether to partner with the rival NCP (SP), with a joint slate already set for Chandgad in Kolhapur.
- The ruling Mahayuti bloc is fractured across districts, with parties contesting together in some areas and separately in others according to local calculations.
- Examples of divergent alignments include a triangular contest in Solapur, a BJP–Shinde Sena pairing in Nashik that excludes the NCP, and independent contests by Mahayuti partners in Bhandara and Dharashiv.
- The State Election Commission set voting for December 2 with counting on December 3, while Congress has greenlit local tie-ups that exclude Mahayuti partners and has aligned with VBA in select districts and with RSP in Satara.