Maharashtra State Election Commission has ordered a probe into reports of unopposed elections of candidates in the State for the municipal corporation elections to be held on January 15. “We have asked all the local authorities to submit a report to us. This is a part of routine process whenever other candidates withdraw nominations and only one candidate remains in the fray,” an official of the State Election Commission told The Hindu. He said that the SEC will check if the nominations were withdrawn under duress, due to any pressure or due to any allurement.
Hinting that results in such wards might be delayed, the official said there was no time stipulation for the submission of reports from there. The elections are to be held on January 15. The results will be declared on January 16. “There is no deadline. The report can be submitted after January 16 too. We will not declare the official results till these reports are submitted to us,” he said.
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Several candidates withdrew their nominations on the last day of withdrawal of nominations on Friday (January 2, 2026), thereby leading to a situation where only one candidate remained in the fray. Though official figure of such victories is not yet known, media reports have pegged the figure at over 60.
