Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates will contest the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) polls as independents after their nomination forms, specifically the AB forms, were submitted past the deadline. PCMC Commissioner Shravan Hardikar confirmed the candidates' forms were received late, not rejected. BJP's Pimpri-Chinchwad president cited delays in seat-sharing discussions with the Shiv Sena as the reason. Two Shiv Sena candidates also reportedly faced nomination issues due to missing proposer names, though this was unconfirmed.