Maharashtra civic poll results: BJP sweeps 29 municipal corporations, wins BMC and 1,425 seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recorded a sweeping victory in the 2026 Maharashtra civic polls, winning 1,425 of the 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations and capturing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), ending the Uddhav Thackeray family’s three-decade-long control of the cash-rich civic body.

In the 227-member BMC, the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 89 seats, while its ally Shiv Sena secured 29 seats. Shiv Sena (UBT) won 65 seats and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) six. The Congress, which contested the polls in alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), won 24 seats, while the AIMIM secured eight seats. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won three seats, the Samajwadi Party two, and the NCP (SP) managed one seat.

The BJP also delivered a decisive result in Pune, winning 119 seats and pushing the Ajit Pawar-led NCP into second place with 27 seats. The NCP (SP) secured three seats, while the Congress won 15 seats.

In Nagpur, the BJP dominated the 151-member civic body by winning 102 seats, while the Congress secured 34 seats. The BJP retained its stronghold in Nashik with 72 seats, followed by Shiv Sena with 26 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) with 15, Congress with three, and the NCP with four.

The BJP continued its winning run in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, securing 57 seats. Shiv Sena won 13 seats, the Congress one seat, while other parties registered with the State Election Commission, including the AIMIM, won 33 seats.

According to the final tally across all municipal corporations, the BJP won 1,425 seats, followed by Shiv Sena with 399, Congress with 324, NCP with 167, Shiv Sena (UBT) with 155, NCP (SP) with 36, MNS with 13 and BSP with six seats. Parties registered with the State Election Commission won 129 seats, unrecognised parties secured 196 seats, and 19 seats were won by independents.

Elections were held in Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Chandrapur, Parbhani, Mira-Bhayandar, Nanded-Waghala, Panvel, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Latur, Malegaon, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, Dhule, Jalna and Ichalkaranji.

The results marked a major political milestone for Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who led the BJP’s civic poll campaign with minimal involvement from the party’s central leadership. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders did not campaign, placing responsibility on the state leadership.

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance won power in 25 of the 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai. The BJP alone is set to have mayors in nearly 17 municipal corporations.

Speaking on Friday, Fadnavis said voters supported the BJP-led Mahayuti for its developmental agenda.
“BJP offered a developmental agenda. We put it before the people, and they responded positively. We have received a record-breaking mandate in many municipal corporations, and it underscores that people want honesty and development. That is why people voted for the BJP,” he said.

Fadnavis led the campaign, shaped the strategy and finalised candidates with a small group of aides. In Mumbai, BJP unit chief Ameet Satam coordinated the organisation, while MLCs Pravin Darekar and Prasad Lad handled candidate selection and campaign planning. Cabinet Minister Girish Mahajan oversaw campaigns in Jalgaon, Nashik and Solapur, while first-term MLA Devendra Kothe was entrusted with responsibility in Solapur.

The BJP also relied on strategic inductions of local leaders, including former Congress MLAs Kunal Patil in Dhule and Kailas Gorantyal in Jalna, which contributed to victories in those civic bodies. First-time BJP MLA Rahul Awade was given responsibility in the Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation.

While the BJP did not retain the Amravati and Chandrapur civic bodies that it had controlled in 2017, it captured the Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation with the support of former chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan.

The civic poll results are being viewed as a significant endorsement of Fadnavis’s leadership, particularly after the BJP’s poor performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Fadnavis had offered to resign at the time, but the party leadership rejected the move. He later led the BJP to a strong showing in the 2024 assembly elections, winning more than 130 seats in the 288-member House.

The outcome of the civic polls has reinforced Fadnavis’s position as the most influential BJP leader in Maharashtra and underlined the party’s expanding urban base across the state.

(With inputs from agencies)