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. 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.MCGM Website.
History of the office The designation of the President of the Municipal Corporation of Bombay was changed into that of His Lordship the 'Mayor', Bombay Municipal Corporation from November 1931.
The precursor to the designation of Mayor were President (1887–1931) and Chairman (1873–1887).
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 Mumbai #PortraitNameTenureElectionParty1J. B. Boman Behram193119322V. N. Chandavarkar193219333Moreshwar Chintaman Javle193319344Hoosenally Rahimtoola193419355Khurshed Nariman193519366Jamnadas M. Mehta193619377Elijah Moses Rajpurker193719388Sultan Meherally Chinoy193819399Behram N. Karanjia1939194010Mathooradas Tricamjee1940194111Joseph A. Collaco1941194212Yusuf Meherally1942194313M. D. D. Gilder1943194314Minoo Masani1943194415Nagindas T. Master1944194516Joseph Alban D'Souza1945194617Mohamedbhoy I. M. Rowjee1946194718A. P. Sabavala1947194819M. U. Mascarenhas1948194920S. K. Patil1949195221Ganpatishankar N. Desai1952195322P. A. Dias1953195423Dahyabhai Patel1954195524N. C. Pupala1955195625Sulochana Modi1956195626Abdul Kader Salebhoy1956195727Simon C. Fernandes1957195728M. V. Donde1957195829S. S. Mirajkar1958195930P. T. Borale1959196031Vishnuprasad N. Desai1960196132V. B. Worlikar1961196233N. N. Shah1962196334E. A. Bandookwala1963196435B. P. Divgi1964196536M. Madhavan1965196637S. R. Patkar1966196738J. Leon D'Souza1967196839R. N. Kulkarni1968196940J. K. Joshi1969197041S. G. Patel1970197142Hemchandra Gupte19711972Shiv Sena43R. K. Ganatra1972197344Sudhir Joshi19731974Shiv Sena45B. K. Boman-Behram1974197546N. D. Mehta1975197647Manohar Joshi19761977Shiv Sena48Murli Deora19771978Indian National Congress49Wamanrao Mahadik19781978Shiv Sena50Rajbhau Chimbulkar19781980Janata Party51Baburao H. Shete1980198152A. U. Memon1981198253Prabhakar Pai19821983Bharatiya Janata Party54M. H. Bedi1983198455Chhagan Bhujbal19851986Shiv Sena56Dattaji Nalawade1986198757Ramesh Prabhoo1987198858C. S. Padwal1988198959Sharad N. Acharya19891990(55)Chhagan Bhujbal1990199160Diwakar Raote1991199261Chandrakant Handore19921993Republican Party of India62R. R. Singh19931994Indian National Congress63Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar1994199564R. T. Kadam1995199665Milind Vaidya19961997Shiv Sena66Vishakha Raut19971998199767Nandu Satam1998199968Hareshwar Patil29 April 19995 March 200269Mahadeo Deole6 March 200217 February 2005200270Datta Dalvi18 February 20059 March 200771Shubha Raul10 March 200730 November 2009200772Shraddha Jadhav1 December 20098 March 201273Sunil Prabhu9 March 20128 September 2014201274Snehal Ambekar9 September 20148 March 201775Vishwanath Mahadeshwar9 March 201721 November 2019201776Kishori Pednekar22 November 20198 March 2022Vacant8 March 20227 February 202677 Ritu Tawde 7 February 2026 Incumbent2026Bharatiya Janata Party
See also Mayors of Indian Cities Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation 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
References
Official list of mayors of Bombay - http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous/qllisthistory
External links Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai