Mumbai, Jan. 15 -- Voting is underway across Maharashtra on Thursday for elections to 29 municipal corporations, marking a crucial moment in the State's urban political landscape.
The spotlight is firmly on Mumbai, where residents are casting their votes in the long-awaited Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections after a nine-year gap.
In Mumbai alone, 1,700 candidates are contesting on 227 seats in India's wealthiest civic body, which operates with an annual budget exceeding Rs 74,400 crore. The polls, delayed by nearly four years, are widely seen as a litmus test for major political players following dramatic shifts in Maharashtra's politics since 2022.
Polling for a total of 2,869 seats across 893 wards in the 29 municipal ...