The Ajit Pawar-led NCP has announced its first list of 37 candidates for the high-intense January 15 elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). With the announcement, the NCP has made it clear it will contest the elections on its own. The NCP is part of Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra (BJP, Shinde Sena, NCP), however, the party reportedly has not been able to get what it was asking for during the seat-sharing talks.
Speaking on the selection of candidates, party leader Sana Malik-Shaikh asserted that the list reflects broad social representation.
“NCP announces the first list of 37 candidates for BMC polls. We have ensured representation from various sections of society in our list. The second and third lists will also be finalised and released soon,” Malik-Shaikh told ANI.
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NCP list for BMC election 2025
The NCP has declared candidates on 37 wards and the party has tried to strike a balance between different sections, including Maratha, OBC, Muslim, Christian, Scheduled Castes and women.
- Manish Dubey (Ward No. 3)
- Cyril Peter D’Souza (Ward No. 48)
- Ahmed Khan (Ward No. 62)
- Baban Ramchandra Madne (Ward No. 76)
- Subhash Janardan Patade (Ward No. 86)
- Sachin Tambe (Ward No. 93)
- Mrs. Ayesha Shams Khan (Ward No. 96)
- Sajju Malik (Ward No. 109)
- Shobha Ratnakar Jadhav (Ward No. 113)
- Harishchandra Babaling Jangam (Ward No. 125)
- Akshay Mohan Pawar (Ward No. 135)
- Jyoti Devidas Sadavarte (Ward No. 140)
- Rachana Ravindra Gavas (Ward No. 143)
- Bhagyashree Rajesh Kedare (Ward No. 146)
- Somu Chandu Pawar (Ward No. 148)
- Abdul Rashid (Captain) Malik (Ward No. 165)
- Chandan Dhondiram Patekar (Ward No. 169)
- Disha Amit More (Ward No. 171)
- Sabia Aslam Merchant (Ward No. 224)
- Vilas Dagadu Ghule (Ward No. 40)
- Ajay Vichare (Ward No. 57)
- Hadiya Faizal Qureshi (Ward No. 64)
- Mamta Dharmendra Thakur (Ward No. 77)
- Yusuf Abubakar Memon (Ward No. 92)
- Amit Ankush Patil (Ward No. 95)
- Dhananjay Pisal (Ward No. 111)
- Pratiksha Raju Ghuge (Ward No. 126)
- Nagaratna Bankar (Ward No. 139)
- Chandni Srivastava (Ward No. 142)
- Dilip Harishchandra Patil (Ward No. 144)
- Ankita Sandeep Drave (Ward No. 147)
- Laxman Gaikwad (Ward No. 152)
- Dr. Saeeda Khan (Ward No. 168)
- Bushra Parveen Malik (Ward No. 170)
- Vasanthi Murugesh Devendra (Ward No. 175)
- Kiran Ravindra Shinde (Ward No. 222)
- Mrs. Fareen Khan (Ward No. 197)
Mahayuti seat-sharing
Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ameet Satam earlier said that the aliiance has reached a seat-sharing agreement on 207 seats.
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“We have also reached an agreement on seat sharing. The BJP will contest 128 seats, and the Shiv Sena will contest 79 seats. Seat-sharing talks have concluded for 207 seats. For the remaining 20 seats, we will decide based on the candidate and the party after a decision is made at the higher level,” Satam told reporters.
The Maharashtra State Election Commission has announced elections to 29 municipal corporations across the state, including the BMC, Pune Municipal Corporation, and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. Mumbai will see polling across 227 electoral wards on January 15, with counting scheduled for January 16. |
