Overview
- Election officials completed scrutiny across multiple corporations, invalidating hundreds of nominations for affidavit gaps, missing no‑dues certificates and caste certificate issues.
- The BJP secured six unopposed victories in KDMC, Panvel and Dhule after rival nominations were rejected or no challengers filed.
- Seat-sharing talks collapsed widely, with Mahayuti partners set to face each other in about 24 of 29 corporations and the Shinde-led Shiv Sena contesting solo in 12.
- Process disputes hit Pimpri‑Chinchwad as AB forms for three BJP and two Shinde Sena candidates missed the deadline, forcing them to run as independents, while protests over category changes led to late‑night sit‑ins.
- Opposition leaders in Thane alleged bias by returning officers in rejecting some nominations, as large fields remained in key cities including Mumbai (2,516 nominations) and Pune (3,052 filed, 131 rejected); voting is on January 15 with counting on January 16.