SEC seeks report on Ladki Bahin aid disbursal claim ahead of civic pollsMaharashtra's Election Commission is investigating a minister's statement about the Ladki Bahin Yojana. Opposition parties allege this is a...
12 Jan, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
Maharashtra polls to 12 zilla parishad, 125 panchayat samitis likely in first week of Feb; schedule expected next weekElections for 12 zilla parishads and 125 panchayat samitis in Maharashtra are expected in early February. The State Election Commission wil...
02 Jan, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
Maharashtra SEC seeks BMC report after Colaba candidates allege nomination refusalAllegations of returning officers refusing nomination forms in South Mumbai's Colaba have prompted the Maharashtra State Election Commissio...
02 Jan, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
BMC elections date: Mumbai to vote on January 15; counting on January 16Voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections is set for January 15, 2026. Counting of votes will take place on January 16. T...
16 Dec, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
Maharashtra SEC announces revised voter list schedule for municipal corporation pollsThe Maharashtra State Election Commission has updated the timeline for preparing voter lists for upcoming municipal corporation elections. ...
09 Dec, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
Counting of votes for Maharashtra local body polls on December 21, not December 3: Bombay HC to State Election CommissionMaharashtra local body polls: The high court, while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the SEC's decision, also directed that exit po...
02 Dec, 2025, 01.37 PM IST
SEC defers some civic bodies' polls on election eve; Maharashtra CM Fadnavis hits outMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has strongly opposed the State Election Commission's decision to postpone local body elections...
01 Dec, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde acknowledges strain with CM Devendra Fadnavis, SEC postpones local body elections to December 20Eknath Shinde admitted to a recent exchange of allegations with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis but said that local body elections should ...
01 Dec, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
Local body polls: Supreme Court asks Maharashtra SEC to hold elections, says results will depend on verdictThe Supreme Court has permitted Maharashtra to hold local body elections. However, the results for all bodies, including those breaching th...
28 Nov, 2025, 04.22 PM IST
No provision for use of VVPATs in local body polls: Maharashtra SECThe Maharashtra State Election Commission has officially stated that there are no legal mandates for the utilization of VVPAT machines in l...
30 Oct, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
Supreme Court raps state poll panel, directs completion of Maharashtra local body polls by Jan 31, 2026The Supreme Court, displeased with the Maharashtra State Election Commission's non-compliance, has mandated the completion of all pending l...
16 Sep, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
Reservation in India like railway, those inside don't want others to come in: SCThe Supreme Court addressed a plea against OBC reservation in Maharashtra local body elections, likening reservation to a crowded train com...
06 May, 2025, 07.49 PM IST
SC orders status quo for on Maharashtra local bodies pollsThe directions were passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana on a plea filed by the state government seeking a recall of the top...
23 Aug, 2022, 12.50 AM IST
SC orders status quo on Maha local bodies polls, says it would set up special bench"We have heard the counsel. The matter requires an elaborate hearing. In view of that we direct the parties to maintain the status quo. Lis...
22 Aug, 2022, 12.01 PM IST
Elections to 12,668 gram panchayats in Maharashtra stayedThe state cabinet has also decided to appoint administrators to gram panchayats where elections could not be held due to the coronavirus ou...
04 Jun, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM can't fight Mumbai civic pollsThe All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musalmeen (MIM) has been deregistered in Maharashtra and will not be eligible to contest in next year's ci...
14 Jul, 2016, 12.28 PM IST
- Poll panel notice to Deputy CM Pawar over poll code violation
State Election Commission today sought an explanation from Maharashtra Depty CM Ajit Pawar in a case of alleged violation of the election c...
06 Jan, 2012, 05.46 PM IST