Over 2,500 nominations filed for BMC polls; 2,122 on last day

Key Highlights

• The nomination filing process began on December 23 and ended on December 30.
• The scrutiny of nominations started at 11 a. m.
• on Wednesday (December 31), while the deadline for withdrawing candidatures is till 3 pm on January 2.
• Of the 2,516 nominations filed with 23 Returning Officers across the city, M-East ward, which covers areas like Govandi, Deonar, Chembur, Trombay, Mankhurd, and Anik, received the highest 183 nomination papers.
• While a little over 400 nominations were received till December 29, the last day saw 2,122 candidates submitting their papers as parties were into seat-sharing negotiations till the last minute, civic officials said.