2869 Corporator Seats Up for Grabs: Complete State-wide Breakdown

2869 Corporator Seats Up for Grabs: Complete State‑wide Breakdown for Maharashtra Elections

The State Election Commission has announced that municipal corporation polls across Maharashtra will fill a total of 2,869 corporator seats in 29 municipal corporations, with elections scheduled in mid‑January 2026 and counting to follow the next day.

Overview of the contest

The elections cover 29 municipal corporations including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other major urban centres such as Pune, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Polling in these corporations will be conducted on a single day, with results declared after counting the following day. The exercise is one of the largest local‑body polls in the state, involving millions of eligible voters, extensive polling infrastructure and numerous reserved seats for women and social categories.

Total seats and reservation snapshot

Out of the 2,869 total corporator seats across the 29 corporations, a substantial number are reserved under various categories to ensure representation. Reservations include seats earmarked for women, Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), as well as specific local‑category reservations determined by the State Election Commission during ward delimitation and the pre‑poll process.

Key city‑level figures (what matters most)

Mumbai: The BMC remains the single largest body in this round, with its full complement of corporator seats to be contested under the single‑member ward system adopted for the city.

Pune, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Nagpur: These major corporations join Mumbai on the same poll date and together account for a large share of the 2,869 seats. Most of these corporations use multi‑member wards, where voters in some wards may cast multiple votes depending on the number of corporator posts for the ward.

Ward structure and voting systems

Two principal ward systems are in play: a single‑member ward system (used by the BMC) where each ward elects one corporator, and multi‑member ward systems (used by most other corporations) where wards elect three to five corporators. The differing ward structures affect campaign strategy, voter behaviour and vote counting mechanics.

Voter scale and polling logistics

The combined electorate across the 29 municipal corporations runs into crores of voters, with tens of thousands of polling stations and thousands of control and ballot units deployed statewide. Special arrangements are being made at polling booths for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, pregnant women and voters with infants, and dedicated all‑women polling booths (often called “pink booths”) will be marked in some areas.

Election timetable (nomination to counting)

Following the announcement of dates, the formal schedule typically includes: notification and start of nominations, scrutiny of nomination papers, a withdrawal window, symbol allocation and publication of the final candidate list, polling on the scheduled date, and counting the following day. The Model Code of Conduct comes into force across the municipal corporation areas as soon as the SEC announces poll dates.

Political context and what to watch

The municipal corporation polls are expected to be a high‑stakes battleground for major state alliances and local parties. Urban governance issues — infrastructure, water supply, sanitation, housing, property taxes and public transport — will dominate campaigning, while party alliances and candidate selection (including reserved seats) will shape outcomes ward by ward.

How the results will be used and post‑poll processes

After counting, successful corporators will take office and the process of electing mayors and deputy mayors (where applicable) and forming ruling groups in each corporation will follow. Coalitions, post‑poll alliances and independent groupings can be decisive in choosing civic leadership even if no single party wins an outright majority.

Where to follow updates

For live results, candidate lists, ward‑wise reservation and polling station details, voters and observers should consult the official State Election Commission channels and local civic body notices once the nomination and symbol allotment process is completed.

Read the full schedule and ward details from the Election Commission (official updates)