Overview
- Polling across 29 municipal corporations opened at 7:30 a.m. and will close at 5:30 p.m., election officials said.
- RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat voted early in Nagpur and cautioned that selecting NOTA can end up promoting an unwanted candidate, urging voters to choose the most suitable option.
- The State Election Commission set up 39,147 polling stations supported by 43,958 Control Units and 87,916 Ballot Units to run the exercise.
- A total of 3.48 crore registered voters are deciding the fate of 15,931 candidates, with vote counting scheduled for January 16.
- Results in cities such as Nagpur, where the BJP won 108 of 151 seats in the last NMC election, will help reshape local political equations after long-delayed tenures.