India, Jan. 16 -- Voters in Pune will not have to wait long to know the outcome of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections 2026, with election authorities indicating that results are likely to start coming in within four to five hours after counting begins at 10 am on Friday.

According to officials, wards with fewer counting rounds, such as ward 35 (Sun City-Manikbaug) and ward 30 (Karvenagar-Hingne), which have four rounds each, could see final results by around 2 pm. In contrast, ward 38 (Balajinagar-Ambegaon-Katraj), which will elect five members, and ward 9 (Sus-Baner-Pashan) will have the highest number of rounds, 10 and nine respectively, with final results expected by around 4 pm.

A total of 1,153 candidates are contesting...