BMC Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Mumbai is voting after nine years to elect its Mayor, on Thursday. Voters will decide representatives across 227 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wards, with results expected the next day, on January 16.
Polling began at 7.30 am and will conclude at 5.30 pm for all 227 wards in Greater Mumbai. Mumbai has a total of 1,729 candidates are in the fray from the 227 seats. The city has 1,03,44,315 eligible voters — 55,16,707 men, 48,26,509 and 1,077 other gender — across all wards.
A public holiday has been declared in municipal areas to encourage voter turnout. Counting of votes will begin at 10 am on Friday, January 16, and results are expected by the end of the day.
Security has been stepped up for the civic
elections, with approximately 25,000 police personnel and senior officials deployed to ensure the smooth conduct of polling.
The last BMC elections were held in 2017 and the tenure of the BMC ended on March 7, 2022. Since then, the Mumbai civic body has been handled by an administrator.
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