Mumbai's mayor will be from the open women category, as per the reservation lottery drawn by the Urban Development Department on Thursday morning, clearing the way for the majority party to decide on the name of Mumbai's next mayor.

According to UDD's laws for urban local bodies, each city's mayoral seat is reserved on a rotation for elected candidates from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, open category, and women. The reservation is decided through a lottery that was conducted by the UDD at 11 am on Thursday for 29 municipal corporations across the state, where polls have been recently concluded.