BMC Elections 2025 | Why BMC Elections Draw National Attention: 10 Points

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Elections are likely to be announced soon and while the elections cater to Mumbai city and its suburbs, the politics, the money, the campaigns and the political messaging around the elections make it a national affair. Maharashtra is holding local body elections after a delay of three years and the most closely watched one is the BMC election. The elections were scheduled for 2022, but issues over ward delimitation and reservation delayed the election. In September this year, the Supreme Court said local body elections have to be completed by the January 31. Local elections were last held in Maharashtra in 2017 to select members of municipal councils, nagar panchayats, and municipal corporations. NDTV's Saurabh Gupta brings you the details.