India, Dec. 21 -- Counting of votes for elections to municipal councils and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra will begin at 10 am on Sunday, a day after polling concluded amid reports of violence, bogus voting and alleged cash distribution.

Voting for the posts of presidents and members in 23 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, along with 143 vacant member posts, ended at 5.30 pm on Saturday.

Prominent civic bodies that went to the polls include Baramati in Pune district and Ambernath in Thane district.

Several incidents of election-related violence and alleged malpractices were reported across the state on Saturday. In Ambernath, police resorted to a lathi-charge after two groups clashed. Police detained 208 women who had arriv...