Polling will be held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
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Mumbai: The much-awaited elections to the 29 municipal corporations of Maharashtra which includes the financial capital of Mumbai, the richest civic body of Asia, would be held on January 15, 2026.
The counting of votes would be taken up on January 16, 2026.
The schedule of the polls was announced by the State Election Commission on Monday.
The elections to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the budget of which is bigger than smaller states, is keenly contested.
The last five-year term of the BMC - elected in 2017 ended on March 7, 2022 - and there is no general body and Mayor - the BMC’s Municipal Commissioner acts as an state government-appointed Administrator.
The schedule was announced by State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare, who was accompanied by SEC’s Member-Secretary Suresh Kakani.
Polling will be held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), said Waghmare.
Besides Mumbai, other big corporations that would go to polls are Thane, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nagpur and Amravati.
The 29 corporations are spread across five geographical regions of Konkan, Western Maharashtra, North Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha.