India, Feb. 10 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Manjusha Nagpure was elected unopposed as mayor of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday, while Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader Parshuram Wadekar was chosen unopposed as deputy mayor.

The elections were rendered uncontested after NCP's Shital Sawant and Congress leader Ashwini Landge withdrew from the mayoral race, while NCP corporator Dattatray Bahirat and Congress's Sahil Kedari pulled out of the deputy mayor contest.

The decision to hold unopposed elections was taken unanimously by all parties in view of the accidental death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. BJP leaders Ganesh Bidkar and city unit president Dheeraj Ghate had appealed to the ...