Polling on 18

June, Counting on 22 June

Mumbai, 18 May

(HS): The elections to Legislative Council from Local Authorities’

Constituencies in Maharashtra will be held on June 18. The Election Commission on

Monday announced regular elections for 16 seats and by-polls for one seat of

Nagpur.

Nagpur by-polls

will be carried out as the MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule got elected to the Maharashtra

Legislative Council.

The elections

will be held from the Local Authorities’ Constituencies in Solapur,

Ahilyanagar., Thane, Jalgaon, Sangli-Satara, Nanded, Yavatmal, Pune,

Bhandara-Gondi, Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Nashik,

Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadchiroli. Amravati, Dharashiv-Latur-Beed, Parbhani-Hingoli,

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna and by-polls in Nagpur.

The Election

Commission has issued the detailed election programme.

1.

Date

of issuing notification – 25 May, 2026.

2.

Last

date of filing nomination – 01 June, 2026.

3.

Scrutiny

of nomination papers – 02 June, 2026.

4.

Last

date of withdrawal of nominations – 04 June, 2026.

5.

Date

of polling – 18 June, 2026 between 8 am and 4 pm.

6.

Counting

of votes – 22 June, 2026.

7.

Date

before which election shall be completed – 25 June 2026.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar