Mumbai will get a new mayor on February 11, about a month after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. This post has been reserved for women councilors of the general category. Officials gave this information on Tuesday (03 February). He said that eligible candidates can file nomination papers for this post on February 7, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations is February 11 and elections will be held for the 78th Mayor of Mumbai at 12 noon on the same day.
Registration process of councilors has been completed
The BMC commissioner has been serving as the administrator of the municipal body appointed by the Maharashtra government since March 7, 2022, when the tenure of the councilors of the previous House ended. A senior official said that the registration process of all the 227 councilors elected in the elections held on January 15 has been completed.
BJP is the largest party in BMC
There are 227 wards in BMC. BJP has emerged as the largest party in the new House, winning 89 seats, while its ally Shiv Sena of the Shinde faction has won 29 seats. In this way the alliance (118 seats) has easily crossed the majority mark (114). Both the parties are in a position to get their candidates elected to the post of the next mayor.
Uddhav faction got 65 seats
Whereas Shiv Sena (Thackeray) had to be satisfied with 65 seats and MNS with only 6 seats. Voting for the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections was done on January 15 while the results came after counting on January 16.
The post of mayor in BMC is reserved for women.
Let us tell you that this time the post of Mayor in BMC is reserved for a woman. In such a situation, this time only a woman will sit on the mayor’s chair in BMC. BJP has appointed its senior leader Ganesh Khankar as the party leader in BMC. At the same time, Shiv Sena has elected Amay Ghole as the leader of its party.