The Mumbai civic body polls, also called the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), will go to the polls on January 15. The counting of votes for the same will take place the next day January 16. Besides the BMC, elections will be held in 29 other municipal corporations.
The announcement was made by Maharashtra Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare. The elections for all 29 municipal corporations, including the BMC, will be held in a single phase.
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BMC Election: Full Schedule
- Nominations: December 23 to 30
- Last date for withdrawal of nominations: January 2
- Voting: January 15
- Counting: January 16
Which Are The 29 Municipal Corporations?
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
- Thane Municipal Corporation
- Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
- Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
- Aurangabad Municipal Corporation
- Jalgaon Municipal Corporation
- Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation
- Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
- Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation
- Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation
- Malegaon Municipal Corporation
- Latur Municipal Corporation
- Parbhani Municipal Corporation
- Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
- Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation
- Pune Municipal Corporation
- Nagpur Municipal Corporation
- Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
- Nashik Municipal Corporation
- Solapur Municipal Corporation
- Amravati Municipal Corporation
- Akola Municipal Corporation
- Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation
- Panvel Municipal Corporation
- Chandrapur Municipal Corporation
- Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation
- Dhule Municipal Corporation
- Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation
- Jalna Municipal Corporation
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BMC Election 2017
In the last BMC elections, which were held in 2017, the undivided Shiv Sena retained its control, winning 84 seats while the BJP and Congress won 82 and 31 seats respectively. Subsequently, six out of seven Maharashtra Navnirman Sena corporators joined the Shiv Sena. After the Shiv Sena split in 2022, around 26 former corporators who won in 2017 joined Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Sena faction.
The term for elected Corporators in the BMC officially ended in March 2022, leading to the appointment of the Municipal Commissioner as administrator to run the city's affairs until new elections. However, the elections for the same could not take place since then. As a result, the Supreme Court of India stepped in and directed the State Election Commission to complete all local body elections by January 31, 2026.