The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for a bye-election to one seat and biennial elections to 16 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Local Authorities’ Constituencies. Voting will be conducted on June 18, while the ballot counting process will be carried out on June 22.
The 16 biannual seats include some constituencies, such as Solapur, Ahmednagar, Thane, Jalgaon, Pune, Nashik, Amravati, and Aurangabad-cum-Jalna. The election for these seats, which ended their term from January 2022 to August 2025, was highly delayed. They could not be filled earlier due to the non-fulfilment of the requirement that at least 75 per cent of local bodies must be functioning and 75 per cent of electors must be in position for an election to be conducted. The Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra recently confirmed that these criteria have now been met across all the relevant constituencies.
The other seats going to the polls include Sangli-cum-Satara, Nanded, Yavatmal, Bhandara-cum-Gondia, Raigad-cum-Ratnagiri-cum-Sindhudurg, Wardha-cum-Chandrapur-cum-Gadchiroli, Osmanabad-cum-Latur-cum-Beed, and Parbhani-cum-Hingoli.
Meanwhile, the bye-election will be held for the Nagpur Local Authorities’ Constituency. This seat fell vacant following the resignation of Chandrashekhar Krishnaraoji Bawankule on November 23, 2024, after he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The term for this particular seat runs until January 1, 2028.
As per the official schedule, the notification for both biennial elections and bye-election will be released on May 25, with June 1 being the last date for the submission of nominations. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on June 2, while June 4 will be the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers.
Voting for all 17 constituencies will take place from 8 am to 4 pm on June 18, while the whole election process will culminate by June 25. On announcing the schedule, the Model Code of Conduct has become applicable immediately.
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