India, Dec. 31 -- Three candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have won the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections even before polling, as no one else filed nominations against them.

BJP candidates Rekha Rajan Chaudhary from ward No. 18A in Kalyan East, Asavari Kedar Navre from ward No. 26C, and Ranjana Mitesh Penkar from ward 26B have been elected unopposed. Gayatri Gavande, an independent candidate, was preparing to contest against Penkar, but election officials cancelled her nomination during the scrutiny of her documents due to undisclosed reasons.

Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan congratulated the three winners and also facilitated a call with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. "Keeping in mind the...