IN PHOTOS | Mumbai civic polls: Candidates file nominations at Malad school amid cheers from supporters

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Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi–Congress alliance candidate Tejaswini Gaikwad reaches Kurar Hindi Municipal School in Malad East, Mumbai, with her supporters to file her nomination for BMC Election 2026. PIC/ SATEJ SHINDE

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Candidates from mutliple political parties across Mumbai arrived at the venue to complete the nomination procedure

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MNS–Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance candidate Prashant Mahadik with his supporters at the venue

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MNS chief Raj Thackeray and his cousin, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, announced an alliance on 24 December ahead of the BMC Election

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Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanjay Namdev Kamble with his supporters

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BJP will contest on 137 seats while its ally, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will fight on 90 of the 227 municipal wards in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election, slated to be held on January 15, 2026

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Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS–NCP (SP) alliance candidate Yogita Prashant Kadam with her supporters

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From ward-wise distribution to key voter statistics, the numbers behind the polls offer a clearer picture of what is at play in Asia’s richest civic body

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Independent candidate Anusha Mithun Singh with her supporters 

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Elections will be conducted across 29 municipal corporations spread over multiple divisions of the state