Maharashtra Civic Body Polls 2026: Maharashtra is set to witness a high-stakes battle today, on January 15, 2026, as 29 municipal corporation go to polls. The state government has announced Thursday as a public holiday in all regions where the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will be held. The state election commission has ordered all twenty-nine civic bodies, including Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, thane, and Pune, to facilitate large voter turnout.
What’s closed today?
These offices and Institutions will remain closed today:
- Government offices/semi-government offices
- Corporations and boards
- Public sector undertakings (PSUs)
- Banks
- Central government offices that are located within the BMC jurisdiction
- Private offices based on individual organisational policies
These educational institutions will remain closed today:
- All government and civic-run educational institutions
- Private schools and colleges may suspend classes, if campuses are being used as voting stations.
Restrictions on alcohol services:
- Four-day dry period will be observed from January 13 to 16 in the 29 municipal corporation areas. During this period, sale and consumption of alcohol is banned.
- Liquor shops and bars will be shut down.
Other services to remain affected are:
- Stock Market Holiday
- Financial markets
- Both the BSE and the NSE to observe a full trading holiday today. All segments, including commodities, derivatives, and electronic gold receipts, will remain suspended.
What’s open today?
These emergency and essential services will operate as normal on Thursday:
- Hospitals, police, ambulances, and fire services
- Public transport
- Mumbai’s BEST buses, local trains, and other forms of public transport services will continue as usual.
Who will win?
All eyes will be fixed on television on the result day (January 15, 2026) as a lot is at stake in the elections to the 5 most-coveted civic bodies, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is the country’s richest civic body. Will the BJP-led Mahayuti sweep over the BMC once again, or will the power dynamics change in Maharashtra? United Thackeray front’s survival fight versus Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde’s battle to control the civic body, who will win?
