The Maharashtra State Election Commission late Friday evening declared results for 2,784 of the 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations in the state, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party by winning 1,372 seats.
Results of the remaining 85 seats are expected to be announced later in the night, an official said.
Data released by the SEC showed that the BJP secured 1,372 seats, followed by Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena with 394 seats, Congress with 315 seats, Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with 158 seats, and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) winning 149 seats.
In Mumbai, the SEC has declared results in 204 of the 227 wards. The BJP has won 85, Shiv Sena 25, Congress 19, Shiv Sena (UBT) 60 and MNS five.
Municipal corporation elections were held in Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Chandrapur, Parbhani, Mira-Bhayandar, Nanded-Waghala, Panvel, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Latur, Malegaon, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, Dhule, Jalna and Ichalkaranji.
Elections to the 29 municipal corporations were held on January 15 after a gap of several years, with terms of most of them having ended between 2020 and 2023. Of these, nine fall in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the most urbanised belt in India.
PM thanks Mumbai for ‘blessing’ NDA in BMC polls
NEW DELHI, JAN 16 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked the people of Mumbai for “blessing” the NDA in the municipal corporation elections.
“I am extremely grateful to my sisters and brothers of Mumbai for blessing the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),” Modi said in a post on X, as the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine was racing towards a majority in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.
“Mumbai is the pride of our nation. It is the city of aspiration. It is a city that drives our growth,” the prime minister said.
Modi said Mumbai personifies the best of Maharashtra’s vibrant culture.
“Inspired by this great ethos, we will deliver good governance and ‘Ease of Living’ to the people of the city,” the prime minister said.