A total of five candidates are contesting from the Ward No. 203 (F/South) seat in the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election.
Following is the complete list of candidates in the fray for Ward No. 203 (F/South) sourced from the list of contesting candidates published by the State Election Commission, Maharashtra:
- Shraddha (Bharti) Shridhar Pednekar, Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SSUBT)
- Samidha (Shilpa) Sandip Bhalekar, Shiv Sena (SS)
- Divya Deepak Badve, Independent (IND)
- Vinita Devendra Rane, Independent (IND)
- Sangita Tejkumar Shitole, Independent (IND)
Ward No. 203 (F/South) is one of the 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India’s largest Municipal Corporation. This ward is reserved for General and has a total population of 52806, of which 3071 belong to the Scheduled Castes and 281 belong to the Scheduled Tribes.
The extent of the ward as published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette is as follows: A line starting from the junction of Cenral Railway
Lines and Jagannath Bhatankar Marg (Elphistan Road) at Elphistan Bridge and running eastward along the southside of Jagannath Bhatankar Marg and Acharya Donde Marg upto its junction with Dr. S.S. Rao Road thence southwards along with westside of Dr S.S. Rao Road upto its junction with Jijibhoy Lane; thence westwards along the northside of Jijibhoy Lane upto its junction with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg; thence southwards along the westside of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg upto its junction with Dattaram Lad Marg (Kala Chowki Road); thence westwards along the northside of Dattaram Lad Marg upto its junction with Central Railway Lines; thence northwards along the Central Railway Lines upto its junction with Jagannath Bhatankar Marg at Elphinstan Bridge …… the starting point. In this ward major location / colony / Cities are Krishna Nagar, Railway Chawl, Vighnharta Sukhkarta Soc. North – Ward No. 200 (Jagannath Bhatankar Marg) East – Ward No. 204 (Dr. S.S. Rao Road) South – Ward No. 207 (Administrative Boundary of E Ward) West – Ward No. 199 (Central Railway Lines)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) consists of 227 wards across the city of Mumbai. The last BMC elections were held on 21 February 2017, which witnessed the emergence of Shiv Sena as the single largest party with 84 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party won 82 seats. The next election is scheduled to take place on 15 January 2026, with the counting of votes on 16 January 2026.
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