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Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SS-UBT) on Saturday announced its list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming local and civic body elections in Maharashtra. Campaigners will undertake a whirlwind tour across the state to promote the party’s election campaign.
The list includes Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, Bhaskar Jadhav, Aadesh Bandekar, Sushma Andhare, Kiran Mane, Sharad Koli, and party MP Sanjay Raut, who is currently undergoing treatment for health reasons.
Other prominent names in the list are Subhash Desai, Anant Geete, Chandrakant Khaire, Arvind Sawant, Anil Desai, Vinayak Raut, Anil Parab, Rajan Vichare, Sunil Prabhu, Varun Sardesai, Ambadas Danve, Ravindra Mirlekar, Vishakha Raut, Nitin Banugade Patil, Rajkumar Bafna, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Sachin Ahir, Manoj Jamsutkar, Sanjay (Bandu) Jadhav, Kishori Pednekar, Jyoti Thackeray, Sheetal Sheth Devrukhkar, Janhvi Sawant, Omraj Nimbalkar, Sunil Shinde, Vaibhav Naik, Nitin Deshmukh, Anand Dubey, Ashok Tiwari, Priyanka Joshi, Sachin Sathe and Laxman Wadley.
Earlier in the day, the State Election Commission (SEC) increased the permissible number of star campaigners from 20 to 40 following representations made by various political parties.
In a statement, the SEC said: “During a meeting held at the office of the Commission on October 14, 2025, representatives of political parties had demanded that the number of star campaigners for local body elections be increased to 40. Details with respect to star campaigners are mentioned in paragraph 26 of the Maharashtra State Political Parties Registration, Regulation and Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 2025. Based on these provisions and the political Keeping in mind the demand of the representatives, this number has been increased. The political parties will have to submit the list of star campaigners for the respective local body elections to the concerned District Collector or Municipal Commissioner.”
On November 4, the SEC announced the election schedule for 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats across the state. These local bodies have 6,859 members and 288 chairpersons.
Elections will be held on December 2 and counting of votes will take place on December 3.
Nomination filing will start from November 10, the last date for filing is November 17. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on November 18, while nominations with appeal will be allowed till November 25 and withdrawal of nominations without appeal till November 21.
After a fortnight, the SEC is expected to announce the schedule for elections to 32 district councils, followed by elections to 29 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The Supreme Court has directed the SEC to complete all pending local body elections in Maharashtra by January 31, 2026.
–IANS
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