Maharashtra Local Body Poll Results Postponed To Dec 21 Following Bombay HC Order

The Maharashtra StateStateState Election Commission has postponed the announcement of local body election results from December 3 to December 21, following an order by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.

A division bench of Justices Anil S. Kilor and Rajneesh R. Vyas observed that declaring results in phases could influence voting patterns and outcomes in the subsequent phases. The ruling came in response to multiple petitions from Warora, Gondia and other municipal wards challenging the Commission’s plan to conduct counting and declare results separately for each phase.

The petitioners requested that all results within each municipal council be announced together on a single day, instead of being split across phases.