India, Jan. 15 -- The voting for the high-stakes Maharashtra civic elections is underway. Polls are being conducted for 2,869 seats of the state spread across 893 wards in 29 municipal corporations, including the BMC.

The elections will decide the fate of 15,931 candidates, including 1,700 in Mumbai and 1,166 in Pune. A total of 3.48 crore voters are eligible to vote in the polls. Follow LIVE updates on the Maharashtra civic polls here

Key municipal corporations going to polls include Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kolhapur, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Thane, Parbhani, etc.

The polling is scheduled to begin at 7:30 am on the morning of January 15 and will conclude by 5:30 pm. To ensure a smooth flow of the...