More than 3.48 crore voters in Maharashtra will vote on Thursday, January 15, 2026, in elections to 29 municipal corporations. They will choose 2,869 corporators from 15,908 candidates. Mumbai, governed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is the richest civic body in India. Here, voters will cast a single vote due to the traditional system of one corporator per ward. In other cities, multiple votes per voter will be allowed under a panel system to elect multiple corporators from each ward. This election also sees a unique political moment. Cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray have reunited in Mumbai after two decades, drawing much public attention. Among the voters, 1.81 crore are men, 1.66 crore women, and 4,596 identify as others. The state has set up 39,092 polling stations, with 3,196 marked sensitive. Voting will use electronic voting machines (EVMs). In Mumbai alone, 11,349 control units and 22,698 ballot units from the total 43,958 control units and 87,916 ballot units have been deployed to support the voting process. The election campaign involved six major political parties in Maharashtra, making it a highly competitive event.