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(Sharad Pawar) Voting for the municipal elections will be held on January 15, 2026, and counting will take place on January 16, 2026, for 2869 seats. Candidates can file their nomination papers for the municipal elections from December 23 to December 30, and scrutiny of candidates' applications will take place on December 31.
Candidates can withdraw their applications until January 2, 2026. Symbols will be allocated on January 3, and voting will take place on January 15, 2026. In this context, many meetings are being organized regarding seat allocation.
It has been learned that the Nationalist Sharad Pawar party has demanded 50 to 60 seats for the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, and in the 2017 elections, 9 corporators of the Nationalist party were elected. Therefore, will the Thackeray brothers leave 60 seats for them? Or will the Sharad Pawar party back down? This will be important to see.
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Demand for 50 to 60 seats by the Nationalist Sharad Pawar party for the Mumbai Municipal Corporation
In the 2017 elections, 9 corporators of the Nationalist party were elected
It is important to see whether the Thackeray brothers will leave 60 seats for them or if the Sharad Pawar party will back down