Pune, Jan. 2 -- Two Bharatiya Janata Party candidates from Pune Municipal Corporation and fifteen from Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation of Thane were elected unopposed ahead of the Maharashtra local body election, the party confirmed on Friday.

BJP candidates Manjusha Nagpure and Shrikant Jagtap were elected unopposed from Ward Number-35 of the Pune Municipal Corporation ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

In a similar development, 15 BJP candidates were elected unopposed in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation of Thane district, the party said in a release.

The unopposed elected candidates include Ranjana Penkar - Ward 26(B), Asavari Navre - Ward 26(C), Manda Patil - Ward 27(A), Jyoti Patil - War...