Maharashtra civic polls: BJP takes lead in Pune bastion of Ajit and Sharad Pawar

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Despite being an state  of the BJP successful  the ruling Mahayuti, the NCP contested civic elections successful  Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad successful  confederation  with the NCP (SP), 2  years aft  the bitter break-up. File.

Despite being an state of the BJP successful the ruling Mahayuti, the NCP contested civic elections successful Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad successful confederation with the NCP (SP), 2 years aft the bitter break-up. File. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI

The BJP has surged up of the NCP-NCP (SP) combine, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his uncle Sharad Pawar, successful Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad corporations, according to trends and results of the civic elections truthful acold connected Friday.

The BJP has won 29 electoral wards and is starring successful 43 others successful Pune, arsenic per the information shared by the predetermination section of the civic body.

Maharashtra civic predetermination results update connected January 16, 2026

The Nationalist Congress Party and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) are a distant second, winning 3 and 2 seats, respectively, truthful far, successful the 165-member Pune civic body. The trends amusement the NCP is starring successful 7 wards, and the NCP (SP) successful 1 ward.

BJP leads successful Pimpri-Chinchwad arsenic well

In the 128-member Pimpri-Chinchwad civic body, the BJP is starring successful 81 seats, portion the NCP is up successful 36.

Despite being an state of the BJP successful the ruling Mahayuti, the NCP contested civic elections successful Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad successful confederation with the NCP (SP), 2 years aft the bitter break-up.

The Congress has won 3 seats and is starring successful 9 successful PMC, arsenic per the data.

The Shiv Sena (UBT), which contested the polls successful confederation with the Congress, yet to unfastened its account, akin to Shiv Sena, headed by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, which contested the elections without allying with BJP.

The BJP had single-handedly held powerfulness successful the erstwhile five-year presumption from 2017 to 2022 successful Pune and PCMC civic bodies, aft which the Administrator had power of the civic body.

The BJP is besides starring successful the Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, and Sangli civic bodies successful the occidental Maharashtra region.

The canvass run successful Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad was marked by crisp exchanges betwixt Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and the BJP.

Ajit Pawar had targeted the section BJP enactment implicit the alleged irregularities successful the functioning of the 2 civic bodies.

In the 102-member Solapur municipal corporation, the BJP is starring successful 60 electoral wards, according to trends disposable till noon.

In the 81-member Kolhapur civic body, Mahayuti partners- the BJP, Shiv Sena, and the NCP- are starring successful 25 seats, portion the absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi is up successful 21 civic wards.

Elections to the 29 Municipal Corporations were held connected January 15 aft a spread of respective years, with presumption of astir of them having ended betwixt 2020 and 2023.

Published - January 16, 2026 04:59 p.m. IST

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