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After astir 3 years of delay, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections are yet acceptable to instrumentality spot successful Mumbai.The State Election Commission has formally announced the predetermination timetable, voting hours, and effect dates up of the civic polls scheduled for this week.
Here is an overview of the BMC predetermination 2026, the schedule, voting dates, results, and different important details.
Election schedule
The authoritative canvass process began with the notification of elections successful December 2025. The State Election Commission (SEC) announced connected December 15, 2025, that the elections for 29 municipal corporations successful Maharashtra, including the BMC, volition beryllium held successful a azygous signifier connected January 15, 2026, with voting taking spot betwixt 7.30 americium and 5.30 p.m. crossed polling stations successful Greater Mumbai. The results volition beryllium published connected January 16, 2025.
Some of the cardinal dates are arsenic follows:
- The information process began connected December 23, 2025, and candidates were allowed to marque their submissions until December 30,2025
- The past day of withdrawal of nominations was connected January 2, 2026
- The last database of candidates was published connected January 3, 2026
- BMC polling dates scheduled connected January 15, 2026
- Vote counting day volition beryllium connected January 16, 2026
Voting clip and turnout
Voters are advised to sojourn their assigned centres during the designated hours. The Maharashtra SEC has besides declared 15 January a nationalist vacation successful the municipal corp areas to facilitate elector participation
This predetermination is being held nether the Model Code of Conduct and follows directives from higher judicial authorities to implicit pending section assemblage polls successful Maharashtra. According to PTI reports, much than 1.03 crore voters are eligible to formed their ballots successful the BMC elections crossed each 227 wards.
