BMC Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: BJP used unfair means in BMC polls, but Congress will win, says Congress MP

BMC Elections 2026: LIVE Updates: Mumbai Police says election were peaceful

Mumbai Police on Thursday said that no poll related incident was reported in the city. It was a peaceful election, the police said. 

BMC Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Cash and goods distributed openly, claims Congress Mumbai head

She alleged that cash and goods, including mixer grinders, were distributed openly, but no action was taken against the ruling alliance, which comprises the BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP. Congress workers were targeted instead, she claimed. Voting for elections to 29 municipal corporations in the state, including the Mumbai civic body, concluded on Thursday evening. Votes will be counted on January 16 (Friday).

BMC Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: BJP used unfair means in BMC polls, but Congress will win, says Gaikwad

Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Thursday alleged large-scale misuse of money and power by the ruling BJP-led alliance in the BMC elections, but expressed confidence that her party would emerge victorious. Speaking to reporters after casting her vote in Dharavi, Gaikwad accused the Mahayuti coalition of indulging in corrupt practices during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls. (PTI)

BMC Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Some voters complain of booth changes, problems locating name on rolls
Several Mumbaikars on Thursday complained of difficulties in exercising their franchise for the civic polls underway, including change in polling booths and name location on physical electoral rolls. Even election staff and party functionaries, on the other side of the poll process, found common ground with the segment of disgruntled voters, with many claiming the list given to them had poorly printed photographs, making verification tiresome. PTI)