Updated on: Jan 23, 2026 10:30:42 AM IST Mumbai mayor election live: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis with state BJP president Ravindra Chavan after the party’s victory in the BMC elections. Mumbai mayor election live: The suspense over the mayoral post in Mumbai continues, days after the BJP-led Mahayuti swept the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and a draw for the top post took place on Thursday across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. What is known, however, is that the mayor in India’s financial capital will be a woman from the open category, according to the results of the lottery process. In total, 17 municipal corporations will have mayors chosen from the open category. Several of these, including Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayandar and Nagpur, will have women mayors. Key civic bodies listed under the open category include Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad (PCMC) and Nagpur. Woman mayor in Mumbai Mumbai’s next mayor will be a woman from the general category, as decided through a lottery held on Thursday. Apart from Mumbai, PCMC (Pimpri-Chinchwad), Pune, Bhiwandi, and Dhule will …