Overview
- Polling began at 7:30 a.m. for 165 Pune Municipal Corporation seats across 41 wards, alongside voting in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
- The contest features the BJP against a locally reunited NCP alliance of Ajit Pawar’s faction with Sharad Pawar’s NCP-SP.
- Union minister Murlidhar Mohol and former minister Prakash Javadekar cast their ballots in Pune, with Mohol criticizing Ajit Pawar’s party over campaign conduct.
- NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar alleged the BJP used money to influence Pimpri-Chinchwad races, citing figures of ₹5,000 per candidate and ₹20,000–₹25,000 per panel, and claimed intimidation of opponents and voters; these claims have not been independently verified.
- Local reports noted EVM glitches that delayed voting in parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, Nashik and Jalgaon.