Overview
- BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena clinched control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation with 118 of 227 seats, including 89 for the BJP and 29 for the Shinde faction.
- The State Election Commission reported the BJP as the single largest party statewide with 1,372 seats out of 2,784 declared across 29 municipal corporations.
- Coverage tallied the ruling alliance winning 23 of 29 corporations, with decisive victories in key cities such as Pune (BJP 96), Pimpri-Chinchwad (BJP 84) and Nagpur (BJP 102).
- Opposition pockets included a Congress majority in Latur with 43 of 70 seats, while the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) finished with 65 seats in the BMC.
- Overall voter turnout across the 29 corporations was 54.77%, with smaller parties making local gains, including AIMIM’s expansion and the election of independent Shrikant Pangarkar in Jalna.