The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced the schedule for reservation allocation for the Mumbai civic polls.
According to an official notification, the draft reservation list will be released on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Following this, the draft will be open for objections and suggestions from November 14 to 20, 2025.
“The citizens can submit their feedback to the respective election ward offices or online via the BMC website,” the notification said.
It said that the reservation allocation will cover categories such as Scheduled Caste (Women), Scheduled Tribe (Women), Other Backward Classes (OBC), OBC (Women), and General Women candidates.
The reservation draft will be published at 11 am at Bal Gandharva Rangmandir in Bandra (West), the notification said.
The objections and suggestions can be submitted until 3 pm on November 20 after which the final reservation notification will be issued, it said.
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Meanwhile, earlier this week, Maharashtra State Election Commission had on Tuesday announced that the elections in 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats across Maharashtra were scheduled to take place on December 2, with counting of votes set for December 3.
The state Election Commission, however, have not yet declare the schedule for BMC elections.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Waghmare did not announce the election schedule for 29 municipal corporations, 32 zilla parishads, and 336 panchayat samitis, where polls are also due.
Polling will be conducted using electronic voting machines (EVMs) to elect 6,859 members and 288 presidents across the 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar panchayats on December 2, with votes counted on December 3. With the announcement of the poll schedule, the model code of conduct has come into effect in the respective municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
The total number of eligible voters stands at 1.7 crore, comprising 53,79,931 men, 53,22,870 women, and 775 others. Polling will be conducted across 13,355 polling centres, covering 3,820 wards.
Of the 6,859 seats to be filled, 3,492 are reserved for women, 895 for Scheduled Castes, 338 for Scheduled Tribes, and 1,821 for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
Waghmare also highlighted that the State Election Commission has launched a dedicated website, mahasecelec.in, for online submission of nomination forms and affidavits. Another portal, mahasecvoterlist.in, allows voters to verify their names and polling stations.
A total of 13,726 EVM control units and 27,452 ballot units have been arranged to facilitate smooth conduct of the polls.
