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In the 2nd signifier of local assemblage elections held successful Mumbai, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the highest fig of seats successful Mumbai, portion Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) finished 2nd and to instrumentality the presumption of a “strong” Opposition for the archetypal clip successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The BJP is starring with 89 seats, portion its confederation spouse Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has 29 seats successful the BMC. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has won 65 seats, the MNS has won six seats, and the Congress managed to past with 24 seats. Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 3 seats, and Sharad Pawar’s NCP won 1 seat. The astonishing constituent was the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) winning 8 seats, portion the Samajwadi Party got 2 seats. With this the BJP and the Shiv Sena has crossed the fractional people of 114.
“I americium grateful for people’s trust. They person fixed a mandate for the docket of improvement successful this election, showing that they privation development. I americium arrogant of being Hindutvavadi arsenic my psyche is Hindutava, which cannot beryllium separated from improvement and Hindutva. Our Hindutva is broad-minded, it is all-inclusive,” said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
The results for 227 wards of the Mumbai civic body, wherein 1,700 candidates contested, were declared connected Friday (January 16, 2026). For the BJP, the results affirm its presumption arsenic a ascendant unit but halt abbreviated of a decisive takeover arsenic the Shiv Sena (UBT), the MNS, and the Congress volition signifier an Opposition. The BJP won successful respective middle-class, Gujarati-dominated pockets, and northbound Mumbai, specified arsenic Wards 3, 4, 10, and 20, which had been a stronghold of the Congress earlier the 2017 elections.
Future of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS
Over the past 2 decades, the undivided Shiv Sena had power implicit the BMC. In the 2017 elections, the undivided Shiv Sena came to powerfulness aft winning 84 seats and the BJP got 82 seats. The Shiv Sena (UBT) approached this contention arsenic a conflict to clasp powerfulness and reassert its authorization implicit India’s richest civic body.The BJP sees it arsenic an accidental to shed its long-standing relation arsenic inferior spouse successful BMC and besides to presumption itself arsenic a main powerfulness successful Mumbai’s civic body. To fortify its bid, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena forged an confederation with the MNS, the enactment of his estranged relative Raj Thackeray aft 2 decades, reviving the contented of Marathi identity.
The Shiv Sena (UBT)’s disapproval connected Dharavi Redevelopment Project also worked successful Dharavi’s Ward 185, BJP campaigner and erstwhile Corporator Ravi Raja mislaid to Shiv Sena UBT campaigner T.M. Jagdish. In 2017 elections, Congress won ward 183 and 184, undivided Shiv Sena won ward 185, 186, and 187, undivided NCP secured ward 188, and ward 189 was won by MNS. Out of the 7 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) won 4 seats with 185, 186, 187, 189, portion Congress retained their 2 seats successful ward 183 and ward 184. Mahayuti state Shiv Sena could triumph lone 1 spot that is ward 188.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS won successful Marathi-dominated colonisation wards, including Worli, Dharavi, Prabhadevi, and the Parel region. For example, Shiv Sena (UBT) person Kishori Pednekar won from Ward 199, which is the Shiv Sena’s accepted bastion. The MNS won successful the ward comprising Shivaji Park and the Dadar area.
“We request to spot this arsenic a triumph arsenic Marathi voters turned up to get the Shiv Sena (UBT) elected, but the Marathi ballot basal has limitations,” said Suhas Kulkarni, a governmental expert and exertion of Pune-based Anubhav magazine.
According to data, the Shiv Sena (UBT) was seen arsenic much acceptable successful the Marathi pockets specified arsenic Lalbaug, Worli, Dadar, Byculla, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Prabhadevi, and Andheri. In Ward 192, the MNS won Dadar and Shivaji Park. Mr. Kulkarni besides pointed retired that the result is cautiously encouraging for the MNS arsenic they are successful a revival mode.
Shiv Sena Vs Shiv Sena
These are besides the archetypal BMC elections for the Shiv Sena (UBT) aft the divided arsenic it was a nonstop trial successful Mumbai connected its own, making the contention straight with the Eknath Shinde faction. The contention was fierce successful 68 wards successful Marathi-dominated areas, wherever the Shiv Sena contested straight with Shinde Sena, with the Shiv Sena (UBT) proving that people’s mandate is with them by winning 64 seats and Eknath Shinde-led Sena 29 seats. For example, successful Ward 194 (Prabhadevi/G-South), Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Nishikant Shinde received 15,592 votes and won, defeating the Shinde faction’s seasoned Samadhan Sarvankar by a constrictive borderline of 603 votes.
AIMIM’s astonishment entry
Amid the BJP’s starring show successful Mumbai, the AIMIM besides registered notable gains successful Muslim-dominated wards, winning 8 seats. AIMIM campaigner Mehzabin Khan won from Ward 134, different triumph was successful Ward 137, wherever Patel Shameer won by 4,370 votes, and Khairunisa Akbar Hussain won successful Ward 145.
Congress shrinks successful Mumbai but did bully successful different civic bodies
The Congress started good with its campaigner Asha Kale and Ashraf Azmi won the Dharavi Ward 183 and the Sion-Matunga Ward 165, and managed to get 24 seats successful Mumbai, which denotes mediocre show going bythe 2017 results, wherever they won 31 seats.
Mr. Kulkarni said, “The wide results bespeak that the Congress is the lone enactment near successful Opposition that tin combat with the BJP successful Maharashtra, arsenic successful different Municipal Corporation’s, allies of the Congress person hardly got seats. The results amusement the Congress has started moving connected the ground.”
