BMC elections 2026: Samajwadi Party names 9 more candidates in second list

The Samajwadi Party has released its second list of candidates for the upcoming BMC elections 2026 naming nine candidates to contest from various wards in MumbaiThis comes after the party announced its first list of 21 candidates earlier and it plans to contest all 227 seats independentlyAccording to the list released it contains a mix of nine individuals chosen to represent diverse neighbourhoods following directions from the Samajwadi Partyrsquos Mumbai and Maharashtra State President Abu Asim Azmi SamajwadiParty Mumbai BMC MunicipalElections AbuAsimAzmi Maharashtra MankhurdShivajiNagar pictwittercom6j0LI4B5hNmdash Abu Asim Azmi abuasimazmi December 27 2025From Ward 39 to Ward 209 the list includes several female candidates such as Sunaina Vishwakarma and Rajashri Lokhande suggesting an attempt to appeal to a broad demographic and meet gender representation goalsCandidates like Mohammad Ismail Shaikh and Zakir Hussain Moosa Habiya are being positioned as the ldquofacesrdquo of their respective wards tasked with addressing local civic issues particularly in areas with significant minority and workingclass populationsAccording to the list released by the party Sunaina Kuldeep Lal Vishwakarma has been fielded from Ward No 39 Mohammad Ismail Shaikh from Ward No 48 and Ruksana Bano Mohd Ibrahim from Ward No 145 Rajashri Dashrath Lokhande will contest from Ward No 147 while Yusufjaha Ayub Khan has been nominated from Ward No 163Shaikh Tabassum Haroon will contest from Ward No 167 Mohammed Shakeel Mohammed Amin Qureshi from Ward No 207 Seema Imran Mulla from Ward No 209 and Zakir Hussain Moosa Habiya from Ward No 137These candidates will now begin intensive doortodoor campaigning to secure their seats in the cityrsquos governing bodyThe Samajwadi Party on Friday announced its first list of 21 candidates The nominated candidates will contest from areas like Pydhonie Zaveri Bazar Byculla Govandi and Andheri East among othersIn the 2017 BMC elections the Samajwadi Party secured six seats in the 227member general body The party led by Abu Azmi has decided to contest the polls independently without any alliancesMahayuti reaches a seatsharing agreementOn Saturday Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party BJP president Ameet Satam said that the Mahayuti has reached a seatsharing agreement on 207 seatsldquoWe have also reached an agreement on seat sharing The BJP will contest 128 seats and the Shiv Sena will contest 79 seats Seatsharing 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 levelrdquo Satam told reporters in Mumbai after a meeting between the BJP and Shiv Sena concludedMeanwhile Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray called for Marathi unity after his party forged an alliance with Raj Thackerayled MNS for the upcoming BMC elections 2026The State Election Commission in Maharashtra has announced elections to 29 municipal corporations across the state including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC Pune Municipal Corporation PMC and PimpriChinchwad Municipal Corporation PCMCThe BMC will witness polling in 227 electoral wards Polling will be held on January 15 with counting scheduled for January 16