Non-Marathi representation in Mumbai’s civic politics has touched a record high, even as the Thackeray cousins join hands to take on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on the Marathi pride plank. According to newly elected corporators, the BMC now has 80 non-Marathi representatives, the highest number in the civic body’s history. In 2017, of the 72 non-Marathi corporators elected, 36 were from the BJP.

This year too, the BJP leads with 38 non-Marathi corporators, the highest among all parties. The Congress follows with 18, while AIMIM has eight such corporators. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction has six non-Marathi corporators, while the Eknath Shinde-led Sena has three. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) also has three, the Samajwadi Party (SP) has two, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has just one non-Marathi corporator.