PANVEL, Feb. 10 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance on Tuesday formally took the reins of the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), as Nitin Jairam Patil and Pramila Ravinath Patil were elected mayor and deputy mayor unopposed.

The two were elected unopposed after candidates from the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) and the Congress withdrew their nominations in the face of the Mahayuti's overwhelming majority. The alliance holds 59 of the 78 seats in Raigad's largest urban local body.

The PWP had previously named Archana Nitin Bhoir as the Opposition candidate for the mayoral election, while the Congress named Lila Ratan Katkari for elections to the deputy mayor's post.

Nitin Jairam Patil, a two-time corporator, was elec...