Overview
- An official notification shifts the deadline for filing objections on draft rolls from November 27 to December 3 and moves final publication to December 10.
- The revised timetable also reschedules polling-station publications to December 15 and polling station–wise voter lists to December 22 across all 29 municipal corporations.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS leaders sought a 21-day extension and Congress requested 15 days, pressing for more time to verify alleged inaccuracies.
- Parties flagged duplicate entries and data errors on address, age and gender, with roughly 11 lakh duplicate names acknowledged in Mumbai draft rolls.
- The SEC issued administrative guidance, asking that technical issues be reported by email and directing enhanced scrutiny measures as BMC elections must be completed by January 31, 2026.