These elections are being conducted without OBC political reservation.
Mumbai, Voting for 105 Nagar Panchayats (Maharashtra Nagar Panchayat Election 2021) is being held in 32 districts of Maharashtra today. The special thing is that, this time these elections are being conducted without OBC political reservation. Sangli, Miraj, Kupwad, Ahmednagar and Dhule municipal by-elections are also being held along with the polling of Nagar Panchayat. Apart from these, the Zilla Parishad elections of Bhandara and Gondia are also being held. Along with this, elections are also being conducted for 15 Panchayat Samitis. At the same time, elections are being held in some municipal seats too.
These elections are being conducted without OBC political reservation. At the same time, the reputation of many big leaders is at stake in this election. Let us tell you that in Sindhudurg, a tough fight is expected between BJP veteran and Union Minister Narayan Rane and supporters of Shiv Sena. At the same time, a similar contest is expected between BJP leader Pankaja Munde and NCP MLA and Minister Dhananjay Munde in Beed.
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Voting is being held today for 43 seats of Gondia Zilla Parishad and 86 seats of Panchayat Samiti. At the same time, voting for 30 seats of OBC will be held in the month of January. Polling is being held for Gondia, Goregaon, Saleksa, Deori, Tiroda, Amgaon, Sadak Arjuni, Arjani Morgaon Panchayat Samiti in the district. Voting is being held for 39 seats of Zilla Parishad and 7 of Panchayat Samiti in Bhandara district.
The opposition BJP in Maharashtra had won four of the six seats in the state legislative council elections held earlier this month. The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) last week said that elections to local bodies in OBC reserved constituencies, which were due to be held on Tuesday, will now be held on January 18 and the reserved seats will be converted into general category seats. . The announcement was made two days after the Supreme Court’s decision in this regard.
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State Election Commissioner UPS Madan had said that elections to general, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) seats in these local bodies will be held as per schedule on December 21. The state government wanted the SEC to put on hold all local body elections till the OBC political reservation is restored. The Supreme Court had directed the Maharashtra SEC to notify 27 per cent seats in local bodies reserved for OBCs as general category, So that the election process can be carried forward.
Voting is being held in these Nagar Panchayats of Maharashtra
- Thane- Murbad and Shahapur
- Palghar- Talasari, Vikramgarh, Mokhada
- Raigarh- Khalapur, Tala, Mangaon, Mhasla, Poladpur, Pali (newly built),
- Ratnagiri- Mandangarh, Dapoli
- Sindhudurg- Kasai-Dodamarg, Vabhave-Vaibhavwadi, Kudal
- Pune- Dehu (newly created)
- Satara- Lonand, Koregaon, Patan, Vaduz, Khandala, Dahiwadi
- Sangli-Kadegaon, Khanapur, Kavathe-Mahakal
- Solapur- Madha, Malshiras, Mahalung-Sreepur (newly built), Vairag (newly built), Natepute (newly built),
- Nashik- Niphad, Peth, Deola, Kalvan, Surgana
- Dhule-Sakri,
- Nandurbar-Dhadgaon-Vadphalya-Roshanmal
- Ahmednagar- Akole, Karjat, Parner, Shirdi
- Jalgaon- Bodwad
- Aurangabad – Soygaon
- Jalna- Badnapur, Jafrabad, Mantha, Ghansawangi, Tirthpuri (newly built)
- Parbhani- Palam
- Beed- Cage, Shirur-Kasar, Vadvani, Patoda, Ashti
- Latur- Jalkot, Chakur, Devani, Shirur- Anantpal
- Osmanabad- Vashi, Lohara Bu.
- Nanded- Naigaon, Ardhapur, Mahur
- Hingoli-Sengaon, Aundha-Nagnath
- Amravati- Bhatkuli, Tivasa
- Buldhana- Sangrampur, Motala
- Yavatmal- Mahagaon, Kalamb, Babhulgaon, Ralegaon, Maregaon, Jhari Jamani
- Washim-Manora
- Nagpur- Hingana, Kuhi
- Wardha- Karanja, Ashti, Selu, Samudrapur
- Bhandara- Mohadi, Lakhni, Lakhandur
- Gondia- Sadakarjuni, Arjuni, Deori, Savli,
- Chandrapur- Pombhurna, Gondpipri, Korpana, Jivti, Sindevahi-Lonvahi, Mulchera
- Gadchiroli – Etapalli, Korchi, Aheri, Chamorshi, Sironcha, Dhanora, Kurkheda and Bhamragarh.