Navi Mumbai: Politicians across party lines demanded rectification in the voter list well ahead of the civic election due to a large number of duplicate voters in the electoral roll. The State Election Commission accepted the voter list dated July 1, 2025, for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections. The commission earlier identified 45,588 potential repeat voters, of whom 13,336 duplicate entries were confirmed following verification by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in the municipal wards recently. Those duplicate voters submitted alternative undertakings stating under which name and ward they would cast their vote.In the municipal area, ward-wise BLO teams were formed to verify the repeat voter list provided by the State Election Commission. Under the supervision of municipal commissioner and election officer Kailas Shinde, the list was classified by repeat voter names and assembly list sections using a computer system, and BLOs received photographs of suspected duplicates for verification.BLOs checked whether duplicate names appeared in the same ward, whether the photographs matched, whether there was similarity in parental names, and whether the addresses corresponded. Where the same person appeared at two addresses, they were required to submit a guarantee letter specifying the address under which they would vote.The NMMC carried out this planned verification of potential repeat voters as part of its preparations for the municipal elections on Jan 15, 2026. Navi Mumbai unit of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena head Gajanan Kale, who relentlessly fought against the duplicate voters’ presence in the list, welcomed this move but was not content yet since a large number of duplicate voters are still there in the revised roll.
