Overview
- Official turnout reached 6.98% by 9:30 am, with another outlet reporting 7.12% for the same time window.
- BMC data showed stark ward-level variation, from 11.57% in ward 18 to 1.68% in ward 162 by 9:30 am.
- Polling ran from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm across Mumbai as part of civic elections spanning 29 municipal corporations statewide.
- Civic commissioner Bhushan Gagrani said counting will begin at 10 am on January 16 due to the short gap between polling and counting.
- More than 25,000 police personnel were deployed in the city to secure polling and the count, with 1,700 candidates contesting 227 BMC seats from a statewide field of 15,931.