New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will be held on Thursday, 15 January.

Polling will be held across 227 civic wards of Mumbai from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm. The counting of votes will take place on Friday, 16 January. As many as 1,700 candidates are in the fray, including 878 women and 822 men. There 1,03,44,315 voters comprising 55,15,707 men, 48,26,509 women and 1,099 eligible to vote in BMC elections.

The last BMC polls were held in 2017. The term of the corporators ended on March 7, 2022, and subsequent elections could not be held in time, resulting in the civic body being placed under an administrator.

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