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The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 of 2,869 seats crossed 29 municipal corporations, and wresting power of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from Uddhav Thackeray, ending his family's three-decade-old dominance successful the cash-rich civic body.
The BJP won 89, and state Shiv Sena bagged 29 seats successful the 227-member BMC, portion Shiv Sena (UBT) managed 65 and MNS six seats. The Congress, which fought successful confederation with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), bagged 24 seats, AIMIM 8, NCP 3, Samajwadi Party 2, and NCP (SP) got conscionable 1 seat.
The saffron enactment stunned the Pawars successful the Pune polls, clinching 119 seats, with Ajit Pawar-led NCP coming successful distant 2nd with 27 and its state NCP (SP) getting 3 seats, portion the Congress managed 15 seats.
In the 151-member Nagpur civic body, the BJP held sway, getting 102, portion the Congress bagged a specified 34.
Nashik saw the BJP bagging 72 seats, Shiv Sena 26, Shiv Sena (UBT) 15, Congress 3 and NCP 4.
The BJP's triumph streak continued successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, wherever it won 57 seats, followed by Shiv Sena with 13, Congress with one, portion different parties registered with the SEC, particularly the AIMIM, bagged 33 seats.
According to the last tally, the BJP won 1,425 retired of a full 2,869 seats, Shiv Sena 399, Congress 324, NCP 167, Shiv Sena (UBT) 155, NCP (SP) 36, MNS 13, BSP 6, parties registered with the SEC 129, unrecognised parties 196, and 19 independents.
The elections were held successful the pursuing municipal corporations: 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.
