As we know, it is one of the most awaited election after the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha Elections which is conducted every five years to elect the Mayor of the Mumbai city is called ‘Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’. It is also called ‘Maha Nagar Palika Chunav’. BMC basically stands for ‘Bombay Municipal Corporation’. There are total 227 wards in Mumbai for which there are total 227 seats. After the election of 2012, the election for next BMC Election is going to held in the first quarter of 2017. The current mayor is from Shiv Sena whose name is Sunil Prabhu.
Polling Schedule and Dates About Mumbai BMC Election 2017
The official announcement regarding the dates and polling schedule is made by the Election Commission of Mumbai which is to be held in the first quarter of 2017. All the updates regarding the voting percentage recorded as the specific polling station, Live Updates and the results of different opinion poll will be updated as soon as it is flashed out. As dates, have been declared officially by the Election Commission of Mumbai, we are giving you the update about the dates of election and other polling schedule as per the announcement of the Election Commission Mumbai-
| POLL EVENT | DATES | DAY |
| Notification | 11/01/2017 | Wed |
| Final chance of making Nomination | 03/02/2017 | Fri |
| Examination of Nominations | 03/02/2017 | Fri |
| Candidature Withdrawal | xx/02/2017 | – |
| Polling Date | 16/02/2017& 21/02/2017 | Thu & Tue |
| Counting Date | 23/02/2017 | Thu |
| Expected Result Date | 23/02/2017 | – |
Notifications, Opinion Poll, and Updates on Mumbai BMC Elections 2017
As we know the mayor will be elected only by the party who wins at least 114 seats out of 227 seats. They may also make an alliance with the other major party to turn the coin. Shiv Sena has high influence in the people of Mumbai so it will be very difficult for the other party to win the election there, even BJP may be suffering so it the target of BJP to make alliance with Shiv Sena and be the part of the winning party. If we see the scenario of the 2012 elections, then we can see that Shiv Sena has got the highest number of seats which was 75 out of 227. So, it will be quite difficult for the other regional and national parties to compete and win by majority. Some of the major parties competing Mumbai BMC Election are INC, BJP, NCP, MNS, SP and Shiv Sena.
Besides these, you can also see the opinion poll conducted by different media agencies and organizations like Aaj Tak, India Today, Times Now and IBN 7 which can be seen on television regarding the winning of the party.
Results
The results of Mumbai BMC Election will be declared only after the Election is conducted and the results are flashed out by the Election Commission of India. We will provide you the updates regarding the results of the Mumbai BMC Election as soon as it will be announced. Keep in tune with us regarding the updates.
Read here for full details: http://www.governmentyojana.in/mumbai-bmc-elections-dates-polling-schedule-opinion-poll-results.html
