List of mayors of Mumbai

The Mayor of Mumbai is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.^[1] The Mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.^[2]

Mayor of BMC
Seal of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Incumbent Vacant since 8 March 2022
Style	Madam/Sir Mayor
Appointer	Chief Minister
Term length	2.5 years
Formation	1931; 94 years ago (1931)
Website	Official website

History of the office

The designation of the President of the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai was changed into that of His Lordship the 'Mayor', Mumbai Municipal Corporation from November 1931.

The precursor to the designation of Mayor were President (1887–1931) and Chairman (1873–1887).

Smt. Snehal Ambekar, Mayor of Mumbai from 2014 to 2017 (first person on the right), and the Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai at an agreement signing ceremony, with the Indian Prime Minister and the Chinese President in the background.

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 or 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 or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

Mayors of BMC

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure			Election	Party
1		J. B. Boman Behram	1931	1932
2		V. N. Chandavarkar	1932	1933
3		Moreshwar Chintaman Javle	1933	1934
4		Hoosenally Rahimtoola	1934	1935
5		Khurshed Nariman	1935	1936
6		Jamnadas M. Mehta	1936	1937
7		Elijah Moses Rajpurker	1937	1938
8		Sultan M. Chinoy	1938	1939
9		Behram N. Karanjia	1939	1940
10		Mathooradas Tricamjee	1940	1941
11		Joseph A. Collaco	1941	1942
12		Yusuf Meherally	1942	1943
13		M. D. D. Gilder	1943	1943
14		Minoo Masani	1943	1944
15		Nagindas T. Master	1944	1945
16		Joseph Alban D'Souza	1945	1946
17		Mohamedbhoy I.M. Rowjee	1946	1947
18		A. P. Sabavala	1947	1948
19		M. U. Mascarenhas	1948	1949
20		S. K. Patil	1949	1952
21		Ganpatishankar N. Desai	1952	1953
22		P. A. Dias	1953	1954
23		Dahyabhai Patel	1954	1955
24		N. C. Pupala	1955	1956
25		Sulochana Modi	1956	1956
26		Salebhoy Abdul Kader	1956	1957
27		Simon C. Fernandes	1957	1957
28		M. V. Donde	1957	1958
29		S.S. Mirajkar	1958	1959
30		P. T. Borale	1959	1960
31		Vishnuprasad N. Desai	1960	1961
32		V. B. Worlikar	1961	1962
33		N. N. Shah	1962	1963
34		E. A. Bandookwala	1963	1964
35		B. P. Divgi	1964	1965
36		M. Madhavan	1965	1966
37		S. R. Patkar	1966	1967
38		J. Leon D'Souza	1967	1968
39		R. N. Kulkarni	1968	1969
40		J. K. Joshi	1969	1970
41		S. G. Patel	1970	1971
42		Hemchandra Gupte	1971	1972			Shiv Sena
43		R. K. Ganatra	1972	1973
44		Sudhir Joshi	1973	1974			Shiv Sena
45		B. K. Boman-Behram	1974	1975
46		N. D. Mehta	1975	1976
47		Manohar Joshi	1976	1977			Shiv Sena
48		Murli Deora	1977	1978			Indian National Congress
49		Wamanrao Mahadik	1978	1978			Shiv Sena
50		R. K. Chimbulkar	1978	1980
51		Baburao H. Shete	1980	1981
52		A. U. Memon	1981	1982
53		P. S. Pai	1982	1983
54		M. H. Bedi	1983	1984
55		Chhagan Bhujbal	1985	1986			Shiv Sena
56		Dattaji Nalawade	1986	1987
57		Ramesh Prabhoo	1987	1988
58		C. S. Padwal	1988	1989
59		Sharad N. Acharya	1989	1990
(55)		Chhagan Bhujbal	1990	1991
60		Diwakar Raote	1991	1992
61		Chandrakant Handore	1992	1993			Republican Party of India
62		R. R. Singh	1993	1994			Indian National Congress
63		Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar	1994	1995
64		R. T. Kadam	1995	1996
65		Milind Vaidya	1996	1997			Shiv Sena
66		Vishakha Raut	1997	1998		1997
67		Nandu Satam	1998	1999
68[3]		Hareshwar Patil	29 April 1999	5 March 2002	2 years, 313 days
69[4]		Mahadeo Deole	6 March 2002	17 February 2005	2 years, 348 days	2002
70[5]		Datta Dalvi	18 February 2005	9 March 2007	2 years, 19 days
71[6]		Shubha Raul	10 March 2007	30 November 2009	2 years, 265 days	2007
72[7]		Shraddha Jadhav	1 December 2009	8 March 2012	2 years, 98 days
73[8]		Sunil Prabhu	9 March 2012	8 September 2014	2 years, 183 days	2012
74[9]		Snehal Ambekar	9 September 2014	8 March 2017	2 years, 180 days
75[10]		Vishwanath Mahadeshwar	9 March 2017	21 November 2019	2 years, 257 days	2017
76[11]		Kishori Pednekar	22 November 2019	8 March 2022	2 years, 106 days

See also

• Mayors of Indian Cities
• Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) or Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
• Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai (for details on the buildings architecture)
• Coat of arms of Mumbai
• Administrative divisions of Mumbai
• Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai
• Sheriff of Mumbai