Overview
- Voting runs from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm across 29 municipal corporations, with 3.48 crore eligible voters deciding outcomes for 15,931 candidates and counting set for January 16.
- In Mumbai’s BMC election, 1,700 candidates are contesting 227 single-member wards across 10,231 polling booths for an electorate of 10,344,315.
- Mumbai Police deployed more than 25,000 personnel for polling and counting, with strong rooms and counting centres finalised and 11,349 control units and 22,698 ballot units allocated to the city.
- The Maharashtra government declared a public holiday in poll areas, and BMC rolled out voter amenities including a two-day cleanliness drive with 20,000+ sanitation workers, 4,200 mobile toilets, 6,000 wheelchairs and pink booths.
- The contest frames the BJP-led Mahayuti against a reunited Thackeray front of Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, as Congress with VBA and rival NCP factions pursue varied local arrangements.