The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) Tuesday announced the schedule for the elections to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats in the state under the first phase of the multi-phase local body polls. The voting will be held on December 2, and the counting will be on December 3.

The announcement was made by State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare, who was accompanied by secretary Suresh Kakani. The polls will see the election of 6,859 members and 288 presidents of these local bodies.

Waghmare maintained that the SEC was following the Supreme Court order to complete the process for local body polls before January 31 and the poll body was not rushing through it.

About 1.07 crore voters – 53.79 lakh male, 53.22 lakh female, and 775 transgender voters – will participat

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