Maharashtra civic polls LIVE: Spotlight on Mumbai as 29 civic bodies go to polls today
On Thursday, January 15, 2026, more than 3.48 crore voters will vote in the upcoming elections to 29 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in Maharashtra, electing 2,869 corporators from 15,908 candidates after intense, high-pitched campaigning by six major political parties in the State.
All eyes are on the Mumbai municipal corporation, the country’s richest civic body, where cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray reunited after two decades. In all other cities except Mumbai, voters will vote more than once under the panel system for the first time and elect more than one company for each district. But in Mumbai, voters will have to cast a single vote due to the traditional single-company model.
The counting of votes will be held on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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29 Maharashtra civic bodies will go to polls on January 15; Mumbai grand prize
Maharashtra’s 29 civic bodies, including Mumbai, are holding elections with the participation of 3.48 crore voters electing 2,869 companies amid intense competition.
