Overview
- Voting across 29 municipal corporations saw machines freezing or failing in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Solapur, Jalgaon and Pimpri-Chinchwad, forcing replacements and early delays.
- In Mumbai’s Lalbaug, an EVM that failed at 7:30 am was swapped out, with voting resuming around 7:58 am, according to local officials and witnesses.
- Pune booths drew transparency complaints as VVPAT units were not provided following the Election Commission’s court-backed refusal; NCP-SP’s Ankush Kakade also alleged an indicator-light failure and an EVM time discrepancy.
- Administrative lapses produced missing names, mismatched booth details and absent voting slips, with some voters leaving without casting ballots in Mumbai and other cities.
- Pimpri-Chinchwad authorities began FIR proceedings after a BJP candidate’s husband allegedly filmed inside a booth, while security deployments remained heavy statewide and counting is scheduled for January 16.