The Mahayuti alliance continues to strengthen its position in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Preliminary data trends reveal a commanding lead for the coalition in Mumbai's civic wards.
Mumbai Ward Results Show Clear Alliance Advantage
Current trends indicate the Mahayuti alliance leads in 118 wards across Mumbai. The Bharatiya Janata Party demonstrates particular strength with leads in 86 seats. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena follows with leads in 31 wards.
Opposition Performance in Mumbai
The Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance has managed to cross the 68 mark in Mumbai. Within this grouping, the UBT Sena leads in 58 wards while the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena shows leads in only 9. The NCP (SP) maintains a lead in just 1 ward.
Ajit Pawar's NCP faction also records a lead in 1 seat. The Congress party continues to struggle with leads in only 10 Mumbai wards.
Notable Candidate Performances
Several individual candidates show interesting results across Mumbai wards:
- UBT's Foram Parmar trails in ward 1
- Gita Bhandari from UBT leads in ward 32
- Shinde Shiv Sena candidate Varsha Tembelkar leads in Ward 51
- BJP candidates Deepak Tavde, Ujjwal Veti, and Neil Somaiya lead in their respective wards
- Congress candidate Asha Deepak Kale wins ward number 183 in Dharavi
Pune Municipal Corporation Results
The BJP has displaced the Pawar factions in Pune's municipal elections. The party leads in 50 of 165 seats in the Pune Municipal Corporation. The two NCP factions together lead in 5 seats while the Congress-UBT alliance leads in 7.
Official PMC data shows BJP with 47 leads. The NCP factions lead in 8 wards and Congress in 5.
First Results from Pune
From Ward No. 20 in the Shankar Maharaj Math-Bibewadi area, three BJP candidates emerged victorious:
- Rajendra Shilimkar
- Tanvi Divekar
- Mansi Deshpande
NCP's Gaurav Ghule also won this ward, defeating BJP's Mahendra Sundecha.
Thane Municipal Corporation Trends
In Deputy CM Eknath Shinde's home territory, the BJP leads in 21 of 131 wards in Thane Municipal Corporation. The NCP shows leads in 6 wards while the UBT-MNS-NCP(SP) alliance also records 6 leads.
Election Context and Turnout
The BMC elections concluded on Thursday with a voter turnout of 52.94 percent. State Election Commissioner data confirms this participation rate for India's richest municipal corporation.
These elections marked Mumbai's first significant civic exercise in eight years. The previous BMC elections occurred in 2017. The term of the last elected mayor, Kishori Pednekar, ended in March 2022.
With polling completed, Mumbai prepares to welcome a new mayor after nearly four years. The elections faced allegations from the Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance, which the State Election Commission subsequently refuted.
