Polling will be held for 2,869 seats of corporators across 29 civic bodies, including Mumbai, with more than 3.48 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise on January 15. Counting is scheduled for the following day

Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Pune, and Nagpur are some of the prominent civic bodies which will test the popularity of Mahayuti and MVA

Most major political parties are yet to finalise their alliances and candidates for the 227 civic wards in Mumbai, except the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

BMC commissioner and state-appointed administrator Bhushan Gagrani held a meeting with representatives of various political parties at the civic body's headquarters and briefed them on the functioning of 23 election offices set up across Mumbai to facilitate election-related work, officials said

The BJP-led Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are holding hectic parleys to finalise seat-sharing deals and candidates amid trust deficits and electoral compulsions

The Congress has scheduled its parliamentary board meeting on December 25 and 26

The last date for filing of nominations is December 30, and scrutiny of papers will be done on December 31

The BMC has already begun preparations up for the upcoming municipal elections