BMC elections 2026: NCP announces second list of 27 candidates

The Nationalist Congress Party NCP on Monday announced its second list of 27 candidates for the forthcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC elections further firming up its slate for the civic pollsThe party had unveiled its first list of 37 candidates on Sunday With the latest announcement the total number of candidates declared by the NCP for the BMC elections 2026 has reached 64The second list features candidates across multiple wards reflecting a mix of experienced faces and new entrants The candidates named in the list are Khadija Ismail Makwana Ward 66 Dr Manisha Chaudhary Ward 84 Sangeeta Vaje Ward 105 Ruksar Anjuma Mustaqeer Khan Ward 110 Manisha Rahate Ward 119 Jahida Siraj Ahmed Ward 124 Adv Shabana Rashid Sheikh Ward 134 Vandana Gautam Kamble Ward 151 Neha Bhagwanrao Rathod Ward 156 Reema Devi Singh Ward 163 Prakash Gyandev Chaudhary Ward 166 Muskan Sameer Sheikh Ward 187 Mangesh Bansode Ward 208 Shakeer Ansari Ward 211 Faran Farid Ansari Ward 78 Shivaji Vinayak Khadtale Ward 104 Deepa Anant Shete Ward 112 Shabna Anwar Sheikh Ward 122 Kanchan Prashant Bade Ward 129 Shabbir Siddique Khan Ward 145 Ashish Gadkari Ward 154 Vidya Navinkumar Shilwant Ward 155 Ashish Mahadev Mane Ward 159 Satish Yadav Ward 164 Rehana Arif Sayyed Ward 179 Sarah Dere Ward 192 and Harshala Harshad Surve Ward 209The candidate lists have been released by NCP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare as the party steps up preparations for the highstakes civic polls in MumbaiThe BMC elections 2026 are expected to witness intense multicornered contests with major political parties accelerating candidate announcements and campaign activities across the cityBMC elections 2026 401 nominations received so far ahead of Dec 30 deadlineMeanwhile a total of 357 nomination papers were filed on Monday a day before the submission process closes for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections taking the cumulative tally so far to 401The BMC stated that nomination papers will be accepted between 11 AM and 5 PM on TuesdayOf the 357 nominations filed at 23 Returning Officers offices across the city the highest 29 papers were filed at Kwest and PNorth wardsIn the first four working days just 44 nominations were filed across the city according to a releaseA total of 1225 nomination forms were distributed on the fifth day of the nomination process across 23 returning officer RO offices in the city since December 23 when the poll schedule was declaredOver five days a total of 11568 nomination forms have been distributed the BMC addedThe maximum forms on a single day were distributed on December 23 4165 followed by December 24 2844 December 26 2040 December 27 1294 and December 29 1225BMC elections 2026 for 227 seats will be held on January 15 and votes will be counted on the following day