Elections for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra are scheduled to be held on January 15. Today is the last day of campaigning, giving all political parties one final opportunity to reach out to voters. All parties have already put their full strength into the election campaign.

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporation elections are set to take place on January 15 across 29 municipal corporations, and today marks the final day of campaigning. To ensure smooth polling, the state government has declared a holiday on Thursday. In Mumbai, 1,700 candidates are in the fray for the 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). According to the State Election Commission, voting for the 2026 civic polls will be conducted from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm on January 15. The results will be announced on January 16. 

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani announced that around 1,700 candidates across 227 wards are participating in this election. The BMC Commissioner further declared that the civic body is fully prepared to conduct the municipal elections. "BMC is all prepared to conduct these elections. Voting will be held on 15th January and counting on 16th. There are 227 wards in total. 1700 candidates are contesting," said Gagrani.

With the campaigning for the Maharashtra local body polls set to conclude today, Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar has repeated the charge of being large scale corruption in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), decrying how one of the richest corporations is having so much graft, with the basic facilities not reaching the people. Pawar, who is also the guardian minister of Pune district, said that the locals have been facing problems regarding the tanker mafia in their area, which does not allow them to get proper water facilities. Similarly, multiple children are also indulging in criminal activities, Pawar said, while pollution, clean roads, and clean water is not being worked on.

On the final day of election campaigning in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will hold a roadshow in Nagpur from 11:30 am, during which he will ride a motorcycle himself. Later, at 1:30 pm, the Chief Minister will address a campaign rally in Pune.

While speaking at an event in Raipur, Bollywood actor Govinda commented on the upcoming BMC elections and said, "I have told Shinde sahab and Fadnavis ji that Mumbai will emerge like a dream world. The time has come for it to become that dream world." Notably, Govinda was named among Shiv Sena's star campaigners for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. 

All 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra will go to the polls on January 15. As a result, today marks the final day of campaigning across all these regions. With the campaign period coming to an end, every political party is making a full-fledged effort to maximise its outreach to voters.