Mumbai to Get New Mayor: BJP-Shinde Alliance Dominates BMC Elections

• Mumbai will have a new mayor by the end of January after the BJP and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) won the BMC elections.
• The Urban Development Department will conduct a lottery next week to determine the reservation category for the mayoral post.
• The mayoral election will take place 10 days after the reservation process, with the candidate securing a majority among corporators becoming mayor.
• The BJP secured 89 seats and the Shinde faction 29, forming the single largest bloc and ending the Thackeray faction's control.
• PM Narendra Modi hailed the BJP's historic victory in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections.

Why It Matters: Mumbai's new mayor will be from the BJP-Shinde alliance after their decisive victory in the BMC elections.