Mumbai | The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections of 2026 will be remembered as a watershed in Mumbai’s civic and political history. Conducted on January 15 with results declared a day later, the polls restored elected governance to India’s richest municipal body after an unprecedented gap of nearly nine years. More than a routine civic exercise, the election reshaped power equations in Maharashtra’s capital, ending decades of entrenched dominance and ushering in a new era of BJP-led influence over Mumbai’s urban administration. With an annual budget exceeding ₹74,000 crore in 2025–26,…
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