New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- As many as 1,700 candidates are in the fray for 227 seats in the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) being held across Mumbai today.

Officials said all arrangements have been made for peaceful and orderly polling today. A total of 10,231 polling stations have been set up across Mumbai and 64,375 officers and staff have been deployed.

The fight for control of the BMC, which is country's richest civic body, is three-corneredinvolving the Thackeray cousins-Raj and Uddhav-aligned with Sharad Pawar's NCP, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, and the Congress-Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).

Voting began at 7.30 am and ends at 5.30 pm today. Counting of votes will be conducted at 23 designated centres across M...