Pune: BJP’s Manjusha Nagpure Elected As Mayor, RPI’s Parshuram Wadekar As Deputy Mayor
Pune: BJP’s Manjusha Nagpure Elected As Mayor, RPI’s Parshuram Wadekar As Deputy Mayor
Pune, February 3, 2026: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has a new mayoral team, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manjusha Nagpure set to take charge as mayor and Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Parshuram Wadekar assuming the role of deputy mayor. Both leaders are set to be elected unopposed after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) decided not to field candidates for the two key posts.
Manjusha Nagpure was elected unopposed from Ward No. 35 (Suncity–Manikbaug), while Parshuram Wadekar secured victory from Ward No. 8A (Aundh–Bopodi), defeating NCP candidate Vinod Ranpise by a margin of 8,747 votes.
Nagpure is considered a committed BJP leader with a strong Hindutva ideology and significant experience in municipal governance. She has previously served on several important civic committees, including the Standing Committee. Before the final decision, the names of Ranjana Tilekar, Varsha Tapkir, and Mansi Deshpande were also being discussed for the mayoral post. As per the reservation draw, the mayor’s post this term was reserved for a woman corporator from the general category.
In the PMC elections held on January 15, the BJP emerged as the single-largest party, winning 119 of the 165 seats. Ajit Pawar’s NCP won 27 seats, Congress secured 15 seats, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) won three seats, and Shiv Sena (UBT) managed one seat.
The BJP has also announced its group leader in the civic body. Ganesh Bidkar, a former Pune mayor, has been appointed as the BJP group leader, according to a letter issued by BJP state president Ravindra Chavan to PMC Commissioner Naval Kishor Ram. Bidkar contested from Ward No. 24D (Kasba Peth–Kamala Nehru Hospital–KEM Hospital) and defeated Pranav Dhangekar by a margin of 9,248 votes.
Meanwhile, opposition parties have also named their leaders in the PMC. Congress has appointed Ramchandra Kadam as its leader, the NCP has chosen Nilesh Nikam, and the NCP (SP) has named Sopan Chavan.
