Overview
- Municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, empowered by a recent state notification, presided over the inaugural session as Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress objected and later staged walkouts.
- Sanjay Ghadi of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena was declared deputy mayor without a contest, with an initial 15‑month tenure under the alliance’s rotational plan.
- The Mahayuti bloc holds 118 of 227 seats — BJP 89 and Shinde Sena 29 — comfortably crossing the 114 majority mark.
- Tawde becomes the eighth woman to hold the office and only the second BJP mayor since the post was instituted in 1931, breaking decades of Thackeray-era dominance.
- The BMC, with a 2025–26 budget of roughly Rs 74,000 crore, now moves to constitute statutory and ward committees and appoint nominated corporators.