Public Notice - ASM Election 2025 Results

Ref. No.:  ASM/E.O.ASM2025/2026-27/ 626                                                             6^th July 2026

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

Subject: Regarding the publication of final election result statistics for various posts of the trust "The Asiatic Society of Mumbai" held on July 4, 2026, for the term 2025-27.

Reference: 1. Election schedule for the Election Process 2025-27 announced on 03.10.2025 for various posts of the trust.

2. Order dated 13.03.2026 passed by the Hon'ble Charity Commissioner, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, in Misc. Application No. 32/2026.

With reference to the above subject, it is hereby informed that as per Reference No. 1, the then Election Officer of the trust had announced the election schedule for the selection of various vacant positions within the trust.

According to the said election schedule, all procedures except for the preparation of the final voters' list and the actual voting process were completed at that time by the then Returning Officer. In compliance with Point No. 7 of the order mentioned in Reference No. 2, the final voters' list was published on 10.06.2026. Furthermore, as per Point No. 8 of the same order, the actual voting process for the various vacant positions of the trust was conducted on 04.07.2026 between 10:00 AM and 04:00 PM. at Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. In the actual election process, out of a total of 2,545 voters, 517 voters exercised their right to vote.

Following the completion of the voting within the stipulated timeframe, the counting of votes commenced at 05:00 PM in the presence of the official candidates and their authorized representatives.

• Name of the Post: President (1 post)

Sr. No.	Name of the Candidate	Votes Received	Voting percentage out of total votes cast	Invalid Ballot Papers
1.	Kumar Ketkar	157	30.36	11 Ballots
2.	Vinay Sahastrabudhhe	349	67.50

• Name of the candidate with the highest victory margin :

1. Vinay Sahastrabuddhe

• Name of the Post :- Vice President (4 Post)

Sr. No.	Name of the Candidate	Votes Received	Voting percentage out of total votes cast	Invalid Ballot Papers
1.	A. D. Sawant	111	21.47	8 Ballots
2.	Arjun Thamaji Dangle	113	21.85
3.	Arun Shankar	54	10.44
4	Chandraprakash M. Dwivedi	327	63.24
5	Deepak T. Pawar	126	24.37
6	Nitish Bharadwaj	328	63.44
7	Nobby Pariyaram	52	10.5
8	Ramesh Raghunath Patange	329	63.63
9	Renu Parekh	23	4.44
10	Sanjay Vasant Deshmukh	323	62.47
11	Shormishta Mukherjee	62	11.99
12	Sunil Popatlal Kadam	84	16.24
13	Usha R. Vijailaksmi	49	9.47

• "Top four candidates with the highest victory margin" are as follows :-

1. Ramesh Raghunath Patange
2. Nitish Bharadwaj
3. Chandraprakash M. Dwivedi
4. Sanjay Vasant Deshmukh

• Name of the Post :- Hon. Secretary (1 Post)

Sr. No.	Name of the Candidate	Votes Received	Voting percentage out of total votes cast	Invalid Ballot Papers
1.	C. M. Paulsil	149	28.82	16 Ballots
2.	Vivek Vasant Ganpule	352	68.08

 

• Name of the candidate with the highest victory margin :

1. Vivek Vasant Ganpule

• Name of the Post :- Member of the Managing Committee (6 Post)

Sr. No.	Name of the Candidate	Votes Received	Voting percentage out of total votes cast	Invalid Ballot Papers
1.	Bharat Gothoskar	137	26.49	5 Ballots
2.	Ibrahim Afghan	151	29.20
3.	Kunda Pramilanilkanth	102	19.72
4	Madhav Bhandari	339	65.57
5	Malhar Arvind Kulkarni	333	64.41
6	Nandini Atmasiddha	121	23.40
7	Prachi Amogh Moghe	341	65.95
8	Pramod Vasant Bapat	329	63.63
9	Rajesh Behere	321	62.08
10	Rama Bishnoi	65	12.57
11	Ramachandran Venkatesh	59	11.41
12	Savitha Suri	54	10.44
13	Sunanda Bhosekar	125	24.17
14	Swati R. Datye	112	21.66
15	Urvashi Ashta	61	11.79
16	V.M. Chakravarthy	324	62.66

• Name of the candidates with the highest victory margin :

1. Prachi Amogh Moghe
2. Madhav Bhandari
3. Malhar Arvind Kulkarni
4. Pramod Vasant Bapat
5. M. Chakravarthy
6. Rajesh Behere

• Name of the Post :- Member of the Scrutinizing Committee (7 Post)

Sr. No.	Name of the Candidate	Votes Received	Voting percentage out of total votes cast	Invalid Ballot Papers
1.	Abhijit Ashok Mulye	362	70.01	9 Ballots
2.	Amol Ashok Jadhav	349	67.50
3.	Anahita Farokh Tarapore	144	27.85
4	Anil Waman Sawant	148	28.62
5	Anjali Jayant Masarguppi	75	14.50
6	Dattatray Damodar Panchwagh	344	66.53
7	Devdatta Malshe	98	18.95
8	Madhavi Narsalay	362	70.01
9	Malhar K. Gokhale	348	67.31
10	Pankaj Vijay Samel	74	14.31
11	Sneha Nagarkar	370	71.56
12	Umang Anand Kale	358	69.24

• Name of the candidates with the highest victory margin :

1. Sneha Nagarkar
2. Abhijit Ashok Mulye
3. Madhavi Narsalay
4. Umang Anand Kale
5. Amol Ashok Jadhav
6. Malhar K. Gokhale
7. Dattatray Damodar Panchwagh

The statistics of the votes received by the candidates who participated in the said election process are being published through this public notice on the trust office notice board and on the trust's website by the undersigned today, dated 06.07.2026.

 

Place:  Town Hall, Mumbai                                                   Mr. K.D. Talokar

Date :  6^th July, 2026                                          Election Officer, Asiatic Society of Mumbai

                                                                      & Inspector, Charity Commissioner’s Office, Mumbai

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