Overview
- The BJP won 89 seats and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction took 29, crossing the majority mark in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
- Reported tallies put Shiv Sena (UBT) at 65 seats, with Congress 24, AIMIM 8, MNS 6, NCP (Sharad Pawar) 1, NCP (Ajit Pawar) 3, Samajwadi Party 2, and independents 2.
- One of the tightest contests came in Ward 90 (H/East), where Congress candidate Tulip Brian Miranda beat the BJP’s Jyoti Anil Upadhyay by seven votes, 5,197 to 5,190.
- News18’s ward-level results included BJP’s Shilpa Dattaram Keluskar winning Ward 173, alongside SSUBT victories such as Ward 196 and Ward 200.
- After the outcome, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut attacked Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, accusing him of betrayal and tying the result to his 2022 revolt.