Overview
- In the 227-seat BMC, the BJP won 89 seats and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena won 29, giving the alliance 118 seats and a clear majority over Shiv Sena (UBT)’s 65.
- State Election Commission figures showed the BJP as the single-largest party statewide with 1,372 seats declared by late Friday, as the Mahayuti secured control in at least 23 of 29 municipal corporations.
- Key city tallies underscored the realignment: BJP led decisively in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, took 102 of 151 seats in Nagpur, and dominated in Thane and Navi Mumbai with the alliance.
- The result ends roughly 25 years of Shiv Sena dominance in Mumbai’s civic body, relegating the party to the opposition in India’s richest municipal corporation.
- Turnout across 29 corporations was 54.77%, and counting saw localized delays and recount demands, with officials citing faulty EVMs and the use of a Printing Auxiliary Display Unit in at least one ward; Congress hit a BMC low with 24 seats, while AIMIM reported gains, including eight in Mumbai.