10 January,2026 01:28 PM IST | Mumbai | Eeshanpriya MS
Lok Everest Complex in Mulund, which falls under the jurisdiction of ward 104. PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Residents of Mulund's ward 104 have contested Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) voter list for the upcoming polls, citing errors in the names listed. According to the residents of Lok Everest Complex, located on JSD Road in Mulund West, the names of 614 residents have been wrongly listed as residents of BEST Staff Quarters, located on LBS Marg, in the adjoining ward, 103.
Residents claim that the neighbours living on the same floor of the same building have their names listed in two separate wards - 103 and 104. Following the complaints, social worker and first-time independent candidate Sameer Patil (ward 104) raised the issue with the state election commission and civic administrative ward office (T ward).
"During elections, even 10 votes can swing the outcome of the poll in a ward. We are here talking about errors in 614 voters' names, depriving them of their right to vote in the correct ward," said Patil.
Speaking to mid-day on Friday, Patil pointed out that members of the Lok Everest Complex have been tagged as residents of the BEST staff quarters, falling in an adjoining electoral ward of 103. "The Lok Everest Complex is part of ward 104. I have submitted the electoral ward maps in my complaints to the authorities," said Patil.
While both the wards - 103 and 104 - are part of the administrative T ward, ward 104 comprises the areas of Tambe Nagar, Indira Nagar, and Siddharth Nagar in Mulund and has a total of 53,343 listed voters, and ward 103 comprises the areas of Bhandup Complex, Vihar Lake, Veena Nagar, and Ghatipada and has 48,055 listed voters. Dharmendra Lohar, assistant assessor and collector in charge of the T ward, responded to Patil's complaints, saying, "The building in fact falls within the correct jurisdiction and has been listed correctly."
An official from the BMC said, "Citizens were given a window to correct their names or addresses in the voters list. Now that window is closed, and we are in the stage of distributing voter information slips to all residents." On January 7, Dr Bhakti Devkate, tehsildar, State Election Commission, wrote to the BMC commissioner, drawing attention to the complaints raised by the residents, forwarding all attachments for appropriate action. A copy of the letter is with mid-day.
Lalita Soni, 44, a resident of the Lok Everest Complex, said, "I have lived here for 20 years and voted as a resident of this housing society in several previous elections. How is there confusion in the voters list? I should be voting from ward 104, but my name is in the ward 103 voters' list."
Mulraj Ganatra, another resident, said, "It was different for the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections in 2024, as the area is larger. Now the size of the ward is smaller. It is not possible that half the members of this society fall in one ward, and the other half fall in another ward."
Priyanka Pavani and Vipul Pavani, both aged 50, who are married and live in the same house, have had their names listed in two separate electoral wards for the first time. Speaking to mid-day, Priyanka said, "My name appeared in the ward 103 voter list, whereas my husband's name remains in the correct ward - 104."
Voting for the municipal corporation election will be held on January 15 across all 227 wards of Mumbai. The counting of votes will take place on January 16.
