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A time aft the BJP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti confederation swept the municipal corp elections successful Maharashtra, each the elected corporators of the Eknath Shinde-led enactment person been called astatine a 5 prima edifice successful Mumbai’s Bandra for a gathering connected Saturday (January 17, 2026).
They volition apt beryllium kept determination till the Mayoral prime is finalised, sources from the enactment told to The Hindu.
The BJP-led Mahayuti confederation swept the polls crossed the 29 municipal corp elections with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming triumph successful 25 of the 29 bodies.
In Mumbai, according to the latest figures, the BJP became the azygous largest enactment with 89 seats. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) got 65 seats, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena bagged 29, and Congress won 24.
On Friday (January 17, 2026, Mr. Shinde thanked voters for the Mahayuti’s stellar show successful the polls and said the verdict was an emphatic endorsement of the State government’s improvement agenda.
Mr. Shinde had demanded that his party contention successful 100 of the 227 seats successful the BMC erstwhile discussing sharing of seats with the BJP. After pugnacious negotiations that lasted for a week, the enactment got to contention 90 seats.
“The Shiv Sena-BJP confederation has secured a decisive mandate not lone successful Thane but besides successful Mumbai and different civic bodies. The politician successful Mumbai and successful municipal corporations crossed the State volition beryllium from the Mahayuti. The predetermination results bespeak a pro-Mahayuti ambiance crossed Maharashtra,” helium said.
