Overview
- Polling on January 15 runs from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm in a single phase, with counting on January 16 and voting now set for 2,801 seats after 68 unopposed wins.
- Campaign silence is in force as final logistics conclude, including EVM transport from Vikhroli and Kandivli godowns, sealing, and mock polling scheduled 5:30–7:30 am on Thursday.
- Security is heightened in Mumbai, where more than 25,000 police personnel and specialized units will be deployed for polling and counting.
- About 3.48 crore voters statewide, including 1.03 crore in Mumbai, will vote under a single-member system in BMC and multi-member panels elsewhere, with ramps and wheelchairs, women-staffed ‘Pink’ booths, a SEC voter-information app, and a public holiday in place.
- The main Mumbai contest features the BJP–Shinde Sena Mahayuti versus the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS alliance, with Congress allied to VBA and the NCP fielding its own candidates in the city.