BJP-led Mahayuti scores a historic landslide in BMC polls. (Photo: ANI)
BMC Election Results: Mumbai witnessed a historic political upheaval on Friday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance registered a massive victory in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, ending the three-decade-long dominance of the Shiv Sena led by the Thackeray family.
As per early trends from the State Election Commission, the Mahayuti alliance surged past the 100-ward mark, signaling a decisive mandate against the reunited Thackeray brothers Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) who had mounted a joint challenge to reclaim Mumbai’s civic body.
The counting of votes for the 227 wards of the BMC is underway, with the Mahayuti alliance leading in at least 102 seats, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) led by Shiv Sena (UBT) is trailing with around 63 seats. Other parties and independents are ahead in a handful of wards.
The BMC elections were held on Thursday, recording a voter turnout of 52.94%. Along with Mumbai, 28 other municipal corporations across Maharashtra also went to polls, with results being declared today.
The outcome marks the collapse of Shiv Sena’s nearly 30-year control over the BMC, often described as the Thackeray family’s political citadel. Control of the BMC is considered crucial due to its annual budget exceeding ₹74,000 crore, making it the richest municipal body in the country.
The BJP-led Mahayuti’s victory is being seen as a major political statement ahead of future state and national elections, particularly in Maharashtra’s urban power centres.
The last BMC elections were held in 2017, with the next polls originally scheduled for 2022. However, the elections were delayed by nearly three years due to multiple factors, including: The COVID-19 pandemic, a dispute over ward delimitation, legal challenges related to Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local body elections.
In the 2017 BMC elections, the then-undivided Shiv Sena emerged as the single largest party with 84 seats, narrowly ahead of the BJP, which won 82 seats.
The Congress secured 31 seats, followed by the NCP (9), MNS (7), Samajwadi Party (6), Independents (5), AIMIM (2), and Akhil Bharatiya Sena (1).
The 2026 contest saw a fierce triangular battle involving:
BJP-led Mahayuti
Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance led by the Thackeray brothers
Other parties including the Congress, NCP, NCP (SP), and Samajwadi Party
With the Mahayuti now firmly ahead, Mumbai’s civic politics appears set for a historic power shift, redrawing the city’s political landscape after three decades.
As the BMC election vote counting continues, several ward results have already been declared, reflecting a mixed contest between the BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT), and Congress. Among the early winners, Shiv Sena has secured victories in Ward 1 (Rekha Yadav), Ward 51 (Varsha Tembwalkar), Ward 163 (Shaila Lande), Ward 4 (Mangesh Pangare), Ward 147 (Pragya Sadafule), and Ward 209 (Yamini Jadhav).
The BJP has made inroads with wins in Ward 2 (Tejaswini Ghosalkar), Ward 214 (Ajit Patil), Ward 135 (Navnath Ban), Ward 207 (Rohidas Lokhande), Ward 3 (Prakash Darekar), Ward 60 (Sayali Kulkarni), and Ward 173 (Shilpa Tulaskar).
Shiv Sena (UBT) is also claiming key wards such as Ward 182 (Milind Vidya), Ward 208 (Ramakant Rahate), Ward 193 (Hemangi Woralikar), Ward 194 (Nishikant Shinde), Ward 59 (Shailesh Phanse), Ward 186 (Archana Shinde), and Ward 187 (Joseph Koli), while Congress has so far won Ward 183 (Asha Kale), Ward 184 (Sajidani Babu Khan), and Ward 90 (Tulip Miranda). These early results indicate a competitive race, highlighting the fragmented political landscape across Mumbai’s wards.
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