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Voter-List Errors Disrupt Maharashtra Municipal Elections Across Cities

Officials point to dual voter rolls, with the Election Commission yet to provide a full explanation.

Overview

  • Polling is underway across 29 municipal corporations from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm for 2,869 seats in 893 wards with 3.48 crore eligible voters.
  • Voters in Mumbai, Kalyan and Nashik reported missing names or assignments to different booths despite appearing online, leaving many unable to vote.
  • Booth officials described parallel old and updated rolls at stations and directed people to check inside wards, as party workers and BLOs helped locate entries.
  • High-profile figures, including Minister Ganesh Naik and leaders Anish Gawande and Priyanka Chaturvedi, also faced misdirected or missing entries before locating their polling places.
  • Technical and policing issues included EVM failures at Nashik’s Gosavi Wadi that were later fixed and a money-distribution allegation in Savtanagar where police intervened.