Pune, Dec. 2 -- Voting for Maharashtra local body elections is underway, with the first phase for hundreds of municipal councils and nagar panchayats beginning on Tuesday.

These multi-phase elections are being conducted under a Supreme Court directive for local body elections to be completed by January 31, 2026.

Voting for 264 Municipal Councils and 42 Nagar Panchayats began on Tuesday. The vote counting will occur on Wednesday. The schedules for other major local bodies are yet to be announced, including elections for 29 Municipal Corporations (e.g., the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections are expected around mid-January), 32 Zilla Parishads and 336 Panchayat Samitis.

The top court had mandated that all pending local bo...