India, Jan. 16 -- Results for the crucial Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2026 will be known on Friday, January 16, along with the outcome of 28 other civic bodies of Maharashtra where voting took place on Thursday for the high-stakes battle.

Polls for BMC, Asia's richest civic body, are taking place after a delay of three years, and several political developments that saw key parties - Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to be precise - splitting into two and the Mahayuti alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with the breakaway factions of NCP and Sena retaining power in the state 2024 assembly elections. Track BMC election results here

The BMC elections are seen as the fiercest battle of Mumbai b...