India, Jan. 16 -- Maharashtra's Mumbai will finally be getting a mayor after four years, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) poll results are being announced on Friday.

The last person to hold the post of Mumbai mayor was the United Shiv Sena's Kishori Pednekar, who held the position from November 22, 2019, till March 8, 2022.

The last civic polls were held in February 2017. The five-year term of the corporators ended on March 7, 2022. Since then, the BMC has been administered by a Maharashtra government-appointed administrator. The municipal commissioner is currently holding that post.

The BMC polls are held every five years to elect corporators. Once elected, the corporator represents the ward in the BMC house. To form a ...