Overview
- State election officials report 51,072 nominations for 6,859 seats and 288 president posts, with scrutiny completed on November 18, withdrawals due by November 21, polling on December 2 and counting on December 3.
- In Pune district, 2,671 nominations were filed for 398 councillor seats across 17 civic bodies and 193 for presidents, with 1,591 councillor and 128 president applications submitted on the final day.
- Pune saw a dominant shift to online filing, as 2,602 of 2,671 councillor nominations and 184 of 193 president nominations were submitted digitally, and the withdrawal deadline there is November 21 with appeals allowed until November 25.
- Nashik logged more than 2,000 councillor nominations and around 100 chairman bids on the last day, while alliance equations remain fluid with Mahayuti and MVA preparing to contest separately in several towns.
- Jalgaon recorded 3,835 nominations for 464 corporator seats and 242 for 18 mayor posts, including entries by relatives of sitting legislators, and direct voting for council chairpersons is expected to intensify contests in multiple districts.