Overview
- Early counting in Mumbai shows the BJP–Eknath Shinde Sena alliance crossing the BMC majority mark, with the BJP leading as the single largest party in roughly 98 wards.
- In Navi Mumbai, the BJP is ahead in 67 of 109 reported seats, while the Shinde Sena leads in 29, pointing to a decisive edge for the saffron party.
- Reported trends also show the BJP leading across other major corporations including Pune, Nagpur, Thane and Nashik.
- In Prabhadevi’s Ward 194, Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Nishikant Govind Shinde defeated Shinde Sena’s Samadhan Sarvankar by 582 votes, winning 15,235 to 14,191.
- Leaders such as Ramdas Athawale and Chandrakant Patil cited the trends to predict a Mahayuti mayor in Mumbai, with all figures still based on preliminary counts.