New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- As many as 1,700 candidates will vie for 227 seats in the key elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

All arrangements have been made for peaceful and orderly polling today, officials said. The civic body said, in a press release, that preparations for polling were completed on Wednesday with the distribution of EVMs and other election materials carried out at 23 divisional centres in the metropolis.

Voting starts at 7.30 am and endd at 5.30 pm today. Counting of votes will be conducted at 23 designated centres across Mumbai under the supervision of the respective Returning Officers (ROs) on January 16.

A total of 10,231 polling stations have been set up across Mumbai and 64,375 officers and sta...