Why is BMC result likely to get delayed today?

The results for the BMC predetermination are apt to get delayed connected Friday (January 16, 2026). Polling for 227 wards took spot crossed Mumbai connected January 15. Mumbaikars voted connected the 10,231 polling booths and formed their ballots to take from the 1700 candidates successful the fray. The hold is being attributed to a alteration successful the counting strategy to beryllium followed.

What was the earlier counting system?

Earlier, each Returning Officer of the BMC would instrumentality up the counting to each corporator wards nether her/his jurisdiction. This led to the results of each the corporator wards nether the RO being declared astatine the aforesaid time.

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What has changed this time?

This time, each Returning Officer volition commencement counting the archetypal 2 corporator wards successful his/her ward. This volition mean that the results to the archetypal 2 wards nether each Returning Officer volition beryllium declared first. After the counting of the archetypal 2 wards, the RO volition commencement the process of the counting of the adjacent 2 wards. The process volition proceed till the counting to each the wards is completed.

How galore corporator wards are determination nether each RO?

There are astir 10 corporator wards nether each Returning Officer. But the existent fig varies successful each case. There are 23 Returning Officers successful total, for 227 corporator wards.

Each circular volition apt instrumentality anyplace betwixt 1.5 hours to 2 hours. At 1 time, 1 46 wards tin beryllium counted nether the Returning Officers.

How volition it interaction the declaration of results?

While the results to the archetypal 2 corporator wards nether each Returning Officer volition beryllium declared aboriginal on, hold is apt for the declaration of the results of the past wards nether each RO. This volition mean that portion the wide effect to each 227 wards mightiness get delayed, results to the archetypal wards nether each RO volition beryllium declared aboriginal on.