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The Maharashtra State Election Commission has prohibited civic poll candidates from utilizing microphones and moving successful ample groups during door-to-door canvassing, citing its determination to let lone constricted idiosyncratic outreach aft the extremity of the nationalist campaign.
Opposition parties person criticised the decision, alleging that it weakens restrictions imposed by the predetermination authorization itself and allows candidates to proceed campaigning successful idiosyncratic contempt the ceremonial extremity of nationalist canvassing.
Elections to 29 municipal corporations successful the State volition beryllium held connected Thursday (January 15, 2026). The authoritative nationalist canvassing for the polls ended connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) evening, but the SEC has said that candidates tin inactive sojourn voters' homes and campaign, provided the fig of persons does not transcend five, and determination is nary usage of mikes.
Candidates are permitted to conscionable voters personally and undertake door-to-door visits beyond a 100-metre radius of polling stations adjacent aft the adjacent of nationalist campaigning, but without supporters and without the usage of loudspeakers oregon physics media, arsenic per the SEC's order.
The canvass assemblage has cited an bid dated February 14, 2012, to clarify that specified idiosyncratic interaction does not magnitude to nationalist canvassing and is taxable to strict conditions. As per the directive, campaigning done physics media, including SMS, is prohibited aft the nationalist run play ends. The bid has been circulated to each municipal commissioners and territory collectors for implementation.
