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)

• Name of the candidate with the highest victory margin :

1. Vinay Sahastrabuddhe

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

• "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)

• Name of the candidate with the highest victory margin :

1. Vivek Vasant Ganpule

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

• 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)

• 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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