Navi Mumbai Ward 18C Candidates 2026: Key Parties Vie for General Category Seat

• The State Election Commission, Maharashtra, has released the candidate list for Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Ward No. 18C for the 2026 elections.
• Key candidates include Prashant Dashrath Kharat (Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)), Bhagat Dashrath Sitaram (Bharatiya Janata Party), and Hindalkar Shrikant Dhondu (Shiv Sena).
• Ward 18C is a general category sub-ward within NMMC, which has 41 wards and 165 corporators.
• The total population of Ward No. 18 is 36,875, with specific numbers for Scheduled Castes (1,792) and Scheduled Tribes (313).
• The next NMMC elections are scheduled for January 15, 2026, with results on January 16, 2026; the last elections were held in 2015.

Why It Matters: Navi Mumbai's Ward 18C sees major parties contesting for the general category seat in the 2026 NMMC elections.