The much-awaited elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and 28 other municipal corporations in Maharashtra will be held within the next four months. The Supreme Court has set a final deadline of January 31, 2026, to complete all local body polls in the state.

In Mumbai, the last civic election was held in February 2017, with the five-year tenure of the elected body ending in 2022. Since then, polls have been delayed, primarily due to litigation over reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBC).