Mumbai BMC Election on Jan 15, Results Next Day

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2026 schedule was released by Maharashtra State Election Commission on Monday. According

to the polling schedule, the voting for the BMC election in Mumbai will take place on January 15 and the counting of votes is set for January 16. Along with the BMC elections, polling in 28 other municipal corporation in Maharashtra will also be held on January 15. Announcing the much-awaited schedule for the municipal corporation polls at a press conference, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said nomination process will begin on December 23 and go on till December 30. ALSO READ | Mumbai Water Cut Tomorrow: City To Face 24-Hour Water Cut From Dec 12 - Check List Of Affected Areas

Scrutiny of papers will be done on December 31 and January 2 will be the last date of withdrawal of nominations, he said. Symbol allocation and final list of candidates will be published on January 3.

Waghmare said these 29 civic bodies, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), have 2,869 seats on offer and 3.48 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in these major urban centres of the state.

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The prominent civic bodies going to polls include Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.