The draft lists were published on November 20, and the deadline for objections was initially November 27. However, due to delays by the municipal administration in providing copies to candidates, the Election Commission extended the deadline to December 3.
Vichare said that when party workers went to collect the ward-wise lists, they were compiled in bundled books, making it difficult to segregate and verify data. Preparing usable lists took two to three days, after which numerous errors surfaced. A delegation from the Uddhav Thackeray faction met Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao and submitted evidence of these alleged irregularities.
Vichare accused the Election Commission of acting “as a pawn of the government,” claiming officials were preparing lists “from AC offices” without conducting field verification. He further alleged that names were added arbitrarily to benefit the ruling party, and said he used software tools to identify the discrepancies.
Key Allegations
3,485 entries contain only the voter’s first or last name, despite having EPIC numbers.
1,575 voters possess valid EPIC IDs but do not appear in the voter list.
10,653 voters are listed in multiple wards but not shown correctly in the ward-wise lists.
6,649 voters appear with identical names in two different wards.
Voters with duplicate EPIC numbers were found in different wards and even different assembly constituencies. After verification, 8,609 such names were found to have reappeared in the final list.
In one sample list of 1,081 voters, 676 were identifiable, 21 were confirmed deceased, and 384 names appeared to be shifted from other wards.
562 voters are listed as being over 100 years old; some appear younger but are recorded as 104
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