Overview
- Voting for the 227-seat Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation runs on January 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with counting on January 16 and over 1.03 crore eligible voters.
- BMC issued 6,871 show-cause notices for skipped poll-duty training; 2,350 later reported while police proceedings against 4,521 start today with potential criminal cases, fines and departmental action.
- Election-duty staff completed postal voting, with 11,627 ballots cast at 23 centres over January 10–11.
- Officials were trained in two phases with a final session offered on January 10 before enforcement was approved at a high-level review.
- Voter outreach under the SVEEP campaign features street performances and AHAR-backed dining discounts for voters, and the state has declared a public holiday on polling day.