Overview
- Maharashtra issued a January 19 gazette listing all 227 newly elected BMC corporators, their affiliations and vote counts, completing formal certification.
- The Urban Development Department scheduled a January 22 draw to decide the reservation category for Mumbai’s mayor, after which nominations open and the vote can occur following the statutory notice period.
- Eknath Shinde has asserted his faction’s claim to the mayoralty as a tribute in Bal Thackeray’s centenary year, the BJP maintains first right as the largest party, and Sanjay Raut’s phone-tapping allegation was flatly denied by the BJP.
- In Kalyan–Dombivli, five MNS corporators announced support to Shinde’s Shiv Sena, shifting the post-poll arithmetic where Sena has 53 seats and the BJP 50 in the 122-member house.
- Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan stated Mahayuti will install mayors in Kalyan–Dombivli, Thane and Ulhasnagar, with final decisions after Devendra Fadnavis returns from Davos, while local reports say Shinde’s camp has registered a 40-member bloc to stake claim in Ulhasnagar.