pmc elections

Puneites will elect their representatives for PMC on February 21, with the results set to be announced on February 23.

The scrutiny process of the nomination forms for Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) election has been extended by another day.

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation election office on Saturday went ahead with its scheduled programme and announced the boundaries of the 48 panels which will go to the polls on February 10.

PUNE:The fate of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, which have been scheduled for February 2002, again hangs in the balance because of the delinking of a few fringe village from the city limits.

PUNE: The fate of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, which have been scheduled for February 2002, again hangs in balance because of the delinking of a few fringe village from the city limits.

The civic body has planned to set up 15 election offices, one in each ward, for better poll work coordination. “The works related to electoral roll and other formalities will be completed via these offices. The space in each ward office is being identified.

Maximum suggestions and objections on the voters' lists for the upcoming Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections have come from areas along the Pune-Satara road.

In a press statement, the PMC's election office has stated that the voters can find their names and panels on the PMC website link .

The Patna Municipal Corporation polls were deferred because some "strong" candidates are in the fray.

Elections to the PMC passed off peacefully barring some incidents of bomb explosions and firing by anti-social elements to create fear among voters.

PATNA: Patna DM Deepak Prasad has recommended to the state election office to hold the Patna civic election on April 30.

The process of demarcating wards for Panvel Municipal Council elections, to be held in November, has started. Panvel sub-divisional officer, Bharat Shitole, headed the lottery draw exercise and 48 wards have been demarcated 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Cambria","serif";} -->

The state government has announced that Thursday will be a public holiday within Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporation limits.

PUNE:The state election commissioner V Y Rajwade has issued orders to go ahead with the election schedule for the municipal councils and corporation, notwithstanding Congress demand to abolish the existing election process.

PUNE:The contentious issue of delinking fringe villages from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is all set to flare up once again with chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh directing the urban development secretaries and civic officials concerned to submit their final say in the matter at a special meeting to be held on September 10.

The elected members in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) have demanded laptops so that they can do their work "efficiently".

The civic administration has estimated requirement for over 4,324 polling booths for 34.54 lakh registered voters in 58 civic wards for the coming municipal elections.As many as 3,431 polling booths were set up during the 2017 civic polls.

PUNE: Candidates contesting elections from the PMC's 38 panels fear that the Election Commission may ask the PMC not to declare their results as this might influence the voters from the 10 panels going to the polls later.

The returning officer of Panel No. 7 on Saturday rejected Reshma Bhosale’s nomination as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The reason cited was that Bhosale submitted her nomination as a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate, but submitted A and B forms of BJP.

PUNE: Anxiety grips the candidates contesting the February civic polls as the fate of polls, particularly those in the 10 panels, which include the de-linked villages, continues to hang in balance.

Former BJP corporator Amol Balwadkar switched to the NCP after being denied a ticket at the last minute for the Pune civic polls. The NCP promptly fielded him, intensifying the election battle. Balwadkar expressed feeling betrayed by the BJP, vowing a "do-or-die fight." This move underscores internal BJP rifts and makes the contest more dynamic.

After the three-month delay to the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) for the want of delimitation of wards, there lie new clouds of uncertainty over the election, as the United Tribals' Association Alliance (UTAA) has demanded reservation of a ward for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates.

Only two objections to the other backward class reservations for PMC election have been sent. “We are preparing the replies to be given to the citizens who raised these queries,” Yashwant Mane, a senior official of PMC’s election department, said.