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The Congress won elections to the Latur Municipal Corporation (LMC) successful cardinal Maharashtra connected Friday (January 16, 2026), bagging a wide bulk with 43 seats successful the 70-member body, leaving the BJP a distant 2nd with 22 seats.
Local governmental observers judge Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan's arguable remarks connected Congress stalwart and precocious Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who hailed from Latur, days earlier polling consolidated votes successful favour of the Grand Old Party.
The Congress secured 43 seats, followed by the BJP (22), Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (4) and the Nationalist Congress Party (1), according to elections officials.
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Voting for the LMC was held connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) and counting was completed connected Friday (January 16, 2026) afternoon.
Addressing BJP workers astatine a canvass run rally, Mr. Chavan had said memories of precocious Vilasrao Deshmukh, a two-time CM and a fashionable person from the Marathwada region, would beryllium "wiped out" from his hometown Latur.
Mr. Chavan's remarks, for which helium aboriginal apologised, had drawn crisp disapproval from citizens and governmental parties crossed the state.
Of the 5 mayors since the corporation's enactment successful 2011, 4 were successful the fray this clip and 2 of them won.
Congress's archetypal politician of Latur, Smita Khanapure, suffered a setback, losing to BJP spokesperson Prerana Honrao successful Ward No. 15.
Another erstwhile politician from the party, Vikrant Gojamgunde, who discontinue the Congress up of civic polls and joined the NCP, won from Ward No. 5 with a 4,729-vote margin.
Former politician from the Congress, Deepak Sul, retained his power by winning Ward No. 10 with 5,451 votes.
Former BJP politician Suresh Pawar, contesting from Ward No. 6 connected a Shiv Sena ticket, mislaid to the BJP candidate.
In the past LMC polls successful 2017, the BJP won 36 seats with the Congress coming a adjacent 2nd with triumph successful 33 wards.
