Mumbai civic body polls witnesses highest turnout in 25 yrs
Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 55% voter turnout in the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, marking the highest-ever in the last five times. There were 2,275 candidates in the fray for 227 municipal wards. Alliance partners in the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena are contesting these polls against each other to control the country’s richest civic body.