Bypoll for PMC seat on Jan 18

The byelection for the seat vacated by Deepak Mankar as corporator of the Pune Municipal Corporation will be held on January 18. The result will be declared on January 19. The candidates can file their nomination between December 23 to 30.

Mankar had resigned as corporator of PMC soon after deciding to contest the assembly election on an NCP ticket. He was a Congress corporator and decided to switch the party ahead of Assembly elections. However, he lost the election to BJP leader Girish Bapat in Kasba assembly segment.