Overview
- Final results show the BJP winning 89 seats to become the largest party, with the Eknath Shinde faction taking 29 for a Mahayuti total of 118 in the 227-member corporation, clearing the 114 majority mark.
- Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) finishes on 65 seats, while Raj Thackeray’s MNS is reduced to 6.
- Congress secures 24 seats, AIMIM 8, the two NCP factions combine for 4, the Samajwadi Party wins 2, and independents take 2.
- Ward-level contests were sharply mixed, as Congress took Santacruz’s Ward 90 by seven votes and the BJP scored a landslide in Malad West’s Ward 46 by over 21,000 votes.
- Polling was held on January 15 and counting on January 16, restoring an elected BMC after a period of administrator-led management.