Overview
- AIMIM won 126 corporator seats across 13 municipal corporations, marking its strongest municipal showing in Maharashtra.
- The party logged notable tallies in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar with 33 seats and expanded its footprint in Malegaon, Mumbai, Nanded, Amravati and other urban centers.
- In Malegaon’s 84-seat body, the locally founded Islam Party secured 35 seats to become the single-largest group, with the majority mark at 43.
- AIMIM leaders attribute the gains to on-the-ground campaigning and attention to issues like water and electricity, while rejecting a purely religious reading of the results.
- With several municipal bodies lacking clear majorities, AIMIM and local outfits could shape coalition outcomes, and analysts say similar shifts may emerge in West Bengal and Assam ahead of 2026.