03 January,2026 03:13 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
The civic body has finalised 2,013 polling stations across nine ward committees within the Thane Municipal Corporation limits. PIC/ TMC
Municipal Commissioner and Election Officer Saurabh Rao said detailed planning was underway to ensure that polling is conducted smoothly, transparently and without disruption.
The civic body has finalised 2,013 polling stations across nine ward committees within the Thane Municipal Corporation limits. Each polling station will be supplied with over 100 types of essential voting materials, including EVMs, control and ballot units, voter lists, seals, stamps, indelible ink, polling registers, forms, envelopes, identity slips and instruction boards.
Facilities and materials for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, along with sanitation and COVID-related supplies, will also be made available at polling stations.
Officials said the materials are being inspected, counted and packed ward-wise, with separate kits prepared for each polling station. The process is being closely monitored by election officers, assistant election officers and observers.
The election department said the administration is fully prepared to ensure that polling staff and voters face no inconvenience on polling day, adding that all arrangements are in place to conduct the civic elections peacefully.
With the Maharashtra civic polls 2026 scheduled on January 15, the TMC announced a special postal voting facility for its officers and employees appointed on election duty, ensuring that they are not deprived of their right to vote.
As per a statement issued by TMC, a large number of employees working within the civic body limits are registered as voters in other civic areas such as Mumbai, Dombivli, Kalyan, Badlapur, Nerul, and Panvel, where they reside. As these employees have been deployed for election-related duties, the civic administration has made arrangements for them to cast their votes through postal ballots.
The facility has been introduced in view of the simultaneous conduct of municipal corporation elections across the state, which would otherwise prevent many staff members from voting at their registered locations. Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Tayade has been appointed as the nodal officer to oversee the implementation of the postal voting process.
TMC said that under the arrangement, employees must fill out the prescribed postal ballot application form and submit it along with proof of their inclusion in the voter list of the concerned municipal corporation and a copy of their election duty appointment order. Once verified, the postal ballot will be sent directly to the employee's residential address.
