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Mid-Day’s Know Your Ward Series | BMC elections 2026: Inside Mumbai’s wards
Updated On: 30 December, 2025 03:22 PM IST | Mumbai | Eeshanpriya MS
As BMC poll nears, mid-day takes a look at the politically and historically significant G North and South wards
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Shivaji Park, the island city’s largest open space, in Dadar. FILE PIC/SHADAB KHAN
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The G South and North wards extend from Haji Ali on the western side of the island city to the Mahim causeway. Historically considered politically active and the home turf of the former undivided Shiv Sena, these wards boast several iconic locations that have contributed significantly to the history of Mumbai. The G North ward is home to Shivaji Park, which is not only the largest open space in Mumbai, but is a crucial landmark in the city’s regional political history. It marks the location where Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray held his first rally in 1966, which was instrumental in shaping Shiv Sena’s future in Mumbai for decades to come.
The area has largely been dominated by a Marathi-speaking population, but is now undergoing rapid demographic change due to the construction of a large number of high-rise buildings. Combined, the North and South administrative wards contain 18 electoral wards and sent 14 elected Shiv Sena and MNS corporators to the BMC general body in 2017. Only one BJP corporator was elected from this area, namely, Sheetal Gambhir, from ward 190. The G South ward is also the home turf of Sena scion and MLA Aaditya Thackeray. The G North ward is also where MNS chief Raj Thackeray resides, at Shivaji Park.
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