Mumbai, 15 Dec (HS): The State Election Commission has announced dates of

elections in 29 municipal corporation in Maharashtra. The polling in all the

municipal corporations will be held on January 15 and the counting will be held

on January 16, 2026.

The Election Commission Chief Dinesh Waghmare

addressed a press conference on Monday to announce the dates. With the

announcement of elections, the Model Code of Conduct comes into force from

Monday. The notification will be issued on December 16 for Brihan-Mumbai

Municipal Corporation and on December 18 for others. Polling will be held

between 7.30 am and 5.30 pm.

The important dates relating to the elections are –

Accepting Nominations – Dec 23 to 30.

Scrutiny of Nominations – Dec 31.

Withdrawal of nominations- January 02, 2026.

Allotment of Symbols and Publication of final list of

candidates– 03 January.

Polling -January 15.

Counting of Votes – January 16, 2026.

Except Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the

elections will be held in multi-member Prabhags, every Prabhag consisting about

four members. In some Prabhags there will be 3 or 5 members.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar