BMC elections 2026: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2026 will be held on January 15, 2016. Established in 1873, India’s financial capital’s civic body is the country’s largest and richest, with a budget dwarfing that of several states. The deadline for withdrawing nominations was on January 2, while the counting of votes for the BMC election is scheduled for January 16. Structure of BMC and how elections are conducted: Mumbai is divided into 24 administrative wards. From sewerage operations to public health, the BMC handles local civic issues in these wards, named alphabetically from A to T. Each administrative ward is further subdivided into smaller electoral wards for which corporators are elected. There are 227 of these electoral wards. Out of these, 113 fall under the General Category, while 114 are reserved for women, including women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, and the Backwards Class of Citizens. Polls for the BMC are held every five years to elect corporators. Once elected, the corporator represents the ward in the BMC house. The …