Voting ended at 5:30 pm on Thursday (January 15, 2025) for 29 municipal corporations, including Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the richest municipal body in the country. The fate of a total of 1,700 candidates for 227 wards in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections is to be decided shortly. Counting of votes will start from 10 am on Friday (January 16, 2026), whereas usually the opening of votes starts from 8 am.

BMC is Asia’s largest municipal body with a budget of more than Rs 74,000 crore in 2025-26, due to which this election is being watched across the country. State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said that more than 3.48 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in these municipal bodies of major urban centers of Maharashtra. Out of 29 municipal corporations, Ichalkaranji and Jalna municipal bodies are newly formed bodies.

The last election of Mumbai Municipal Corporation was held in the year 2017, whose term ended in 2022. However, elections were never held again after that and the matter reached the Supreme Court. This election is taking place at a time when Shiv Sena and NCP have broken and the party is divided into two groups. There is an alliance between BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde faction). BJP is contesting on 137 seats while Shinde’s Shiv Sena has fielded candidates on 90 seats.

On the other hand, Thackeray Brothers have come together. Shiv Sena UBT has formed alliance with MNS. Shiv Sena (UBT) contested on 163 seats and MNS on 52 seats. Congress formed an alliance with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). Congress is contesting on 143 seats and VBA on 46 seats. Ajit Pawar’s NCP has not joined hands with any party and is contesting elections on 94 seats.

There are many such VIP seats in this election, on which everyone is keeping an eye. Kishori Pednekar (Shiv Sena UBT) from Ward 193 Khar-Santa Cruz, Ravi Raja (BJP) from Ward 205 Goregaon West, Tejasvi Ghoshalkar (BJP) from Ward 179 Bandra West, Harshvardhan Sapkal (Congress) from Ward 214 Andheri East, Rahul Shewale (Shiv Sena Shinde faction) from Ward 224 Mulund West. It is included in those seats where the contest is expected to be interesting.

Tejasvee ghosalkar news: Uddhav Thackeray’s party Shiv Sena-UBT has suffered a setback in Maharashtra politics. Tejashwi Ghosalkar, former corporator of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), resigned from Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday (May 13). He has taken this decision due to personal reasons, although according to sources, his displeasure with the party’s work at the local level is also considered a major reason for this.

Tejashwi Ghosalkar was the head of the women’s wing of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Dahisar assembly constituency of Mumbai North. The party’s department chief Udesh Patekar confirmed his resignation, but he said that Tejashwi did not give any clear reason. At the same time, party sources say that Ghosalakar was unhappy with the attitude of the party’s local leadership.

Tejashwi’s family associated with politics
Tejashwi Ghosalkar’s political life has a deep family connection. She is the daughter -in -law of former MLA Vinod Ghosalkar and her husband Abhishek Ghosalkar has also been a former BMC corporator. Abhishek was killed earlier this year, when he was shot by local resident Morris Noronha during Facebook Live. This incident not only shook the city, but also ran a wave of mourning in political circles.

Old association with the family by the Thackeray family
There has been a deep relationship between the family and the Thackeray family for a long time. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, his son and former minister Aditya Thackeray along with wife Rashmi Thackeray had also arrived at the funeral of Abhishek Ghosalkar, which reflects the closeness of the relationship.

According to a party official, after Tejashwi’s resignation, the Thackeray family tried to convince him and also urged him to rethink his decision. However, till now Tejashwi has not made any changes in his attitude. Tejashwi Ghosalkar leaving the party is considered a major setback for Shiv Sena (UBT) in local organizations in North Mumbai, especially when the party is preparing for the upcoming elections.

Tejasvee ghosalkar news: Uddhav Thackeray’s party Shiv Sena-UBT has suffered a setback in Maharashtra politics. Tejashwi Ghosalkar, former corporator of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), resigned from Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday (May 13). He has taken this decision due to personal reasons, although according to sources, his displeasure with the party’s work at the local level is also considered a major reason for this.

Tejashwi Ghosalkar was the head of the women’s wing of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Dahisar assembly constituency of Mumbai North. The party’s department chief Udesh Patekar confirmed his resignation, but he said that Tejashwi did not give any clear reason. At the same time, party sources say that Ghosalakar was unhappy with the attitude of the party’s local leadership.

Tejashwi’s family associated with politics
Tejashwi Ghosalkar’s political life has a deep family connection. She is the daughter -in -law of former MLA Vinod Ghosalkar and her husband Abhishek Ghosalkar has also been a former BMC corporator. Abhishek was killed earlier this year, when he was shot by local resident Morris Noronha during Facebook Live. This incident not only shook the city, but also ran a wave of mourning in political circles.

Old association with the family by the Thackeray family
There has been a deep relationship between the family and the Thackeray family for a long time. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, his son and former minister Aditya Thackeray along with wife Rashmi Thackeray had also arrived at the funeral of Abhishek Ghosalkar, which reflects the closeness of the relationship.

According to a party official, after Tejashwi’s resignation, the Thackeray family tried to convince him and also urged him to rethink his decision. However, till now Tejashwi has not made any changes in his attitude. Tejashwi Ghosalkar leaving the party is considered a major setback for Shiv Sena (UBT) in local organizations in North Mumbai, especially when the party is preparing for the upcoming elections.