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IN PHOTOS: Heavy police deployment at BMC K East and K North counting centres

Updated On: 16 January, 2026 10:51 AM IST | Anushree Gaikwad

Heavy police arrangements were in place outside the BMC K East and K North counting centres during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election 2026. Counting was underway at Gundavali Mumbai Public School in Andheri East, Mumbai. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)

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Heavy police arrangements were in place outside the BMC K East and K North counting centres during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election 2026. Counting was underway at Gundavali Mumbai Public School in Andheri East, Mumbai. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)

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Heavy police arrangements were in place outside the BMC K East and K North counting centres during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Election 2026. Counting was underway at Gundavali Mumbai Public School in Andheri East, Mumbai. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)
<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/bmc-election/results">Counting of votes </a>polled in elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Friday morning with the spotlight on Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti bloc is locked in a prestige battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India`s richest civic body</p>

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Counting of votes polled in elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Friday morning with the spotlight on Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti bloc is locked in a prestige battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India`s richest civic body

<p>Polling for 2,869 seats spread across 893 wards in these municipal corporations, including 227 in Mumbai, took place on Thursday</p>

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Polling for 2,869 seats spread across 893 wards in these municipal corporations, including 227 in Mumbai, took place on Thursday

<p>As many as 15,931 candidates are in the fray in the 29 civic corporations, which had 3.48 crore eligible voters</p>

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As many as 15,931 candidates are in the fray in the 29 civic corporations, which had 3.48 crore eligible voters

<p>Around 50 per cent polling was recorded in the 29 municipal corporations, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said after the end of voting</p>

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Around 50 per cent polling was recorded in the 29 municipal corporations, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said after the end of voting

<p>A voter turnout of 52.94 per cent was recorded in the Mumbai civic polls, down from 55.53 per cent in the last elections in 2017, officials said on Friday</p>

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A voter turnout of 52.94 per cent was recorded in the Mumbai civic polls, down from 55.53 per cent in the last elections in 2017, officials said on Friday

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