Reservation for 29 mayor posts in Maharashtra will be done through lottery, date fixed for January 22.: The Urban Development Department of the Maharashtra government has issued an official letter in this regard. The lottery will be held on January 22, 2026, at 11:00 am in the Council Hall of the Ministry.

News Topical, Digital Desk : An important development has emerged regarding the mayoral reservation lottery for Maharashtra's 29 municipal corporations. The Maharashtra government's Urban Development Department has issued an official letter in this regard. A reservation lottery will be held to determine the mayoral reservations for the state's 29 municipal corporations.

The lottery will be held on Thursday (January 22, 2026) at 11:00 am in the Council Hall of the Ministry. The Urban Development Minister will preside over the process, and relevant officials have been instructed to be present. All political parties in the state are closely watching this reservation lottery.

Why reservation through lottery for the post of Mayor?

The mayor is elected by councillors and is a reserved position. A lottery is held to ensure fairness in the mayoral election process. This lottery ensures that people from different social classes have the opportunity to hold the mayoral position from time to time.

BJP makes inroads into the strongholds of the Thackeray and Pawar families

In the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation elections, the BJP emerged as the largest party in more than 12 municipal corporations, including Mumbai and Pune, winning 1,425 out of 2,869 seats. The BJP performed well in this civic election, breaking into the strongholds of the Thackeray and Pawar families. In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the BJP won 89 seats. The BMC has 227 wards and is the richest municipal body in the country. By winning the BMC elections, the BJP ended the Thackeray family's nearly three-decade-long dominance.

Which party got how many seats in BMC?

In the BMC elections, the BJP won 89 seats, while its ally Shinde's Shiv Sena won 29. Together, the two parties won 118 seats. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) won 65 seats. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) won 6 seats. The Congress, which contested the elections in alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), won 24 seats, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won 8 seats, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 3 seats, the Samajwadi Party won 2 seats, and Sharad Pawar's party won just one seat.