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Ruling Mahayuti allies BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena volition contention 137 and 90 seats, respectively, successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls.
A seat-sharing pact was revealed by Mumbai BJP president Amit Satam connected Monday (December 29, 2025), pursuing hectic parleys a time earlier the deadline for filing information papers closes connected December 30.
Both parties volition allocate immoderate seats from their respective quotas to confederation partners, Satam added.
Candidates of some parties volition record their information papers connected Tuesday (December 30).
Another constituent of Mahayuti, the NCP, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is contesting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls separately.
The NCP has truthful acold announced 64 candidates for the BMC polls.
Elections to 29 municipal corporations successful Maharashtra, including the high-stakes Mumbai, volition beryllium held connected January 15, and votes volition beryllium counted the adjacent day.
In the BMC elections held successful 2017 for 227 seats, the BJP made elephantine strides successful the Shiv Sena citadel of Mumbai, winning 82 seats, conscionable 2 seats down the estranged state Shiv Sena (undivided).
The Congress was relegated to the 3rd presumption with 31 seats, whereas the NCP (undivided) and Raj Thackeray's MNS were reduced to 9 and 7 seats, respectively.
AIMIM had won 3 seats connected debut, Samajwadi Party six, Akhil Bhartiya Sena one, and Independents four.
