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The counting of votes for the Ward No. 161 (L Ward) took place on January 16, 2026. There were a total of 11 candidates in the fray to be elected as the next corporator of this ward.

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CONTESTING CANDIDATES

In the BMC Ward No. 161 (L Ward) election 2026, there were a total of 11 contesting candidates.

List of candidates contesting in the 2026 election:

1. Mohammad Imran Abul Hasan Khan, Indian National Congress (INC)
2. Adv. Sandeep (Bhau) Tulsabai Ramchandra Jadhav, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
3. Vijayendra (Viju) Omkar Shinde, Shiv Sena (SS)
4. Irshad Nabi Sayyad, Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SSUBT)
5. Ajmal Jamal Khan, Samajwadi Party (SP)
6. Sabar Alam Vakil Shah, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
7. Pradeep Manohar Band, Independent (IND)
8. Shrikant Ganpat Shirsat, Independent (IND)
9. Leena Harish Shukla, Independent (IND)
10. Haider Ali Meher Ali Sheikh, Independent (IND)
11. Anil Samdade, Independent (IND)

ABOUT

Ward No. 161 (L Ward) is one of the 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India's largest Municipal Corporation. This ward is reserved for General and has a total population of 57741, of which 3082 belong to the Scheduled Castes and 215 belong to the Scheduled Tribes.

POLL DATES

The gazette notification for the BMC Ward No. 161 (L Ward) was issued on December 15, 2025 (Monday), the last date of scrutiny of nominations was December 31, 2025 (Wednesday) and the last date of withdrawal of nominations was January 2, 2026 (Friday). This ward voted on Thursday, January 15, 2026 and the counting of votes is happening on Friday, January 16, 2026.

LOCATION & EXTENT

The extent of the ward as published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette is as follows: A line starting from the junction of 90' feet Road and Lokmanya Tilak Road and running eastwards and northwards along the southside and eastside of Lokmanya Tilak Road upto its junction with Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road; thence eastwards along the southside of Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road upto its junction with Nariseva Sadan Road (Netaji Palkar Road); thence southwards along the westside of Nariseva Sadan Road upto its junction with Gaibanshah Dargah Road; thence southwards along the westside of Gaibanshah Dargah Road upto its junction with Ashok Nagar Road Hill No.3; thence westwards along the northside of Ashok Nagar Road Hill No.3 upto its junction with Wire Galli; thence northwards along the eastside of Wire Galli upto its junction with Creek No.3 Road; thence westwards along the northside of Creek No.3 Road upto its junction with 90'feet Road; thence northwards along the eastside of 90'feet Road upto its junction with Lokmanya Tilak Road……….the starting point. In this ward major location / colony / Cities are Lokmanya Tilak Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Veer Savarkar Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar. North - Ward No. 158 (Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road) East - Ward No. 159 & 160 (Netaji Palkar Road / Nariseva Sadan Road) South - Ward No. 164 (Gaibanshah Dargah Road, Ashok Nagar Road, Hill No.3) West - Ward No. 162 & 164 (Wire Galli, 90'feet Road)

PREVIOUS BMC ELECTION RESULT

The last Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections were held on February 21, 2017, in which Shiv Sena was the single largest party with 84 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party won 82 seats. Indian National Congress secured 31 seats, Nationalist Congress Party won nine, and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena won seven seats. Other parties included Samajwadi Party, which won six seats; the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen won two seats and the Akhil Bhartiya Sena won a single seat. Five Independent candidates also won seats in the election.