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Mumbai BMC Election Results 2026: Shiv Sena (UBT) was leading on 62 seats, with MNS on 9. Congress was leading on 14 seats, while NCP (SP) led on one.
BMC Election Results 2026:Â The BJP-Shiv Sena’s alliance has secured a big victory in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in Mumbai. As per the latest trends at 6 pm, the BJP-Shiv Sena’s saffron alliance was leading on 124 of 227 seats in the BMC polls, leaving the Thackeray brothers behind at 71. The BJP is emerging as the largest party in India’s richest municipality with 94 seats, with its alliance partner Shiv Sena at 30. Shiv Sena (UBT) was leading on 62 seats, with MNS on nine. Congress led on 15 seats, while NCP (SP) led on one.
BJP-Shiv Sena have managed to outrun the uncle-nephew duo of Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Mahayuti is also emerging well above the majority marks in Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Jalna and Vasai-Virar. Addressing the BJP workers at the party office in Mumbai, Devendra Fadnavis “bowed down” to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Dr BR Ambedkar and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, while hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership for the victory in the local body elections.
BMC Election Results 2026
The BJP has emerged as the largest party in India’s richest municipality, with 93 seats, while its alliance partner, the Shiv Sena, has 27. Shiv Sena (UBT) was leading on 62 seats, with MNS on 9. Congress was leading on 14 seats, while NCP (SP) led on one. Congress had contested 152 seats in the elections to the country’s richest civic body, leaving the rest to its allies Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and Republican Party of India (Gavai faction).
Results of other civic bodies
Mahayuti is also emerging well above the majority marks in Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Jalna and Vasai-Virar. BJP-Shiv Sena have managed to outrun the uncle-nephew duo of Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. In Pune, the BJP was leading on 90 seats out of the total 162, with Shiv Sena leading on two seats, and Mahayuti well above the majority mark. NCP was leading on 20 seats while NCP (SP) was struggling to open its account in Pune. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance stands at 90 seats, while the NCP leads on 37 seats.
Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane hailed the trends, stating that the Mahayuti will occupy mayor’s seats in most of the Municipal Corporations in the state.
In a social media video, Rane said, “It seems that everything is being prepared for people with the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘I Love Mahadev’ mindset, and those belonging to the Mahayuti alliance, to occupy most of the mayor’s seats.”Â
About Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is one of the most high-profile and richest municipal corporations in the country, which is significant for Maharashtra politics. It has a budget of Rs 74400 crore for 2025-26.   A total of 1,700 candidates have contested on 227 wards across 23 centres in the city in the BMC elections.