Mayor of Mumbai


The Mayor of Mumbai is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. He/She is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner. The Mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the diginity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the Corporation. Kishori Pednekar of the Shiv Sena political party is the current Mayor of Mumbai.

Current mayor

The current mayor is Kishori Pednekar and Deputy Mayor is Suhas Waadkarand

History of the office

The designation of 'Chairman' of Bombay since 1873 was changed into later changed into that of 'His/Her Lordship the Mayor', Bombay Municipal Corporation from November 1931.

Election of the mayor

The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 227 wards in the city to elect corporators. The party that wins the maximum number of seats holds an internal voting to decide the mayor. If no party or coalition can garner majority to select a mayor from amongst themselves for more than 1 month after general municipality elections if the office of mayor becomes vacant for any reason mid term and still remains vacant for more than 2 months due to the first said reason, then a general election is held within the municipality for people to directly elect an executive mayor, to serve till end of term of the municipal house.
The tenure of the mayor is 2.5 years till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves by state law.

Mayors of Mumbai