Nitin Jayaram Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been elected unopposed from Ward 18-B in the Panvel Municipal Corporation elections. His victory was secured after the nomination of the sole opposing candidate, Rohan Arvind Gawand of the Shetkari Kamgar Paksha (SKP) alliance, was rejected due to incomplete caste verification documents. The elections are scheduled for January 15, with Patil's unopposed win marking the BJP's first success in these civic polls.