Heavy police arrangements were in place outside the BMC K East and K North counting centres during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election 2026. Counting was underway at Gundavali Mumbai Public School in Andheri East, Mumbai. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)
Updated On: 2026-01-16 10:51 AM IST
Compiled by : Anushree Gaikwad
Counting of votes polled in elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Friday morning with the spotlight on Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti bloc is locked in a prestige battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India's richest civic body
Polling for 2,869 seats spread across 893 wards in these municipal corporations, including 227 in Mumbai, took place on Thursday
As many as 15,931 candidates are in the fray in the 29 civic corporations, which had 3.48 crore eligible voters
Around 50 per cent polling was recorded in the 29 municipal corporations, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said after the end of voting
A voter turnout of 52.94 per cent was recorded in the Mumbai civic polls, down from 55.53 per cent in the last elections in 2017, officials said on Friday
