NMMC Ward 26A Candidates 2026: Key Parties and Independents Vie for OBC Reserved Seat

• The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Ward No. 26A election for 2026 features candidates from Shiv Sena (SS), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (SSUBT), and two Independents.
• Ward 26A is one of four sub-wards within Ward No. 26 of NMMC and is specifically reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
• The candidates include Dattatray Vitthal Ghangale (Shiv Sena), Aditya Bharat Jadhav (NCP), Deepak Raghunath Pawar (BJP), Sameer Amin Bagwan (SSUBT), Dilip Chavan (Independent), and Tandel Yogesh Vilas (Independent).
• Ward No. 26 has a total population of 41,849, with 3,413 Scheduled Castes and 492 Scheduled Tribes.
• The last NMMC elections were held on April 22, 2015, where NCP secured 52 seats, Shiv Sena 38, BJP 6, and INC 10. The next election is scheduled for January 15, 2026, with results on January 16, 2026.

Why It Matters: Six candidates, including major party and independent contenders, are set for the OBC-reserved NMMC Ward 26A election in 2026.