PUNE, Feb. 3 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Manjusha Nagpure is set to be the next Pune mayor, with Parshuram Wadekar as the deputy mayor, people familiar with the matter said after they filed their nomination papers on Tuesday.

The formal election for the mayor's post will be held on February 9, but it is largely a formality since the BJP holds 119 seats in the 165-seat Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, which have fielded candidates, hold 27 and 15 seats, respectively.

Nagpure, a long-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker, was elected unopposed from the Manikbaug-Sinhgad Road area in last month's civic polls. Nagpure, who holds an M.Com and MBA degrees, previously wor...