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Recounting of votes had to beryllium ordered connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) aft the Congress objected to the 116-vote triumph of BJP campaigner Ajay Agrawal successful Kamptee municipal assembly polls successful Nagpur district, an authoritative said.
Counting of votes for the elections to the posts of president and members successful 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats crossed Maharashtra began astatine 10 a.m. connected Sunday (December 21). Trends showed the Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Ajit Pawar's NCP and Shinde's Shiv Sena, up comfortably.
After Mr. Agrawal was declared elected arsenic president of the council, his Congress rival Shakur Nagani raised an objection, the authoritative said.
Recounting has been ordered amid dense beingness of Quick Response Teams (QRT) and Riot Control Police (RCP) arsenic BJP and Congress supporters are camping there, creating a tense situation, the authoritative added.
Voting for the posts of president and members successful 23 municipal councils and nagar panchayats crossed Maharashtra, arsenic good arsenic for 143 vacant subordinate posts successful these section bodies ended astatine 5:30 p.m. connected December 20.
