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January 17, 2026

BJP emerges single-largest party in BMC polls, breaking three-decade dominance of undivided Shiv Sena

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mahayuti sweeps Maha local body polls

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (centre) greets a gathering after the BJP's victory in the 2026 BMC elections, on Friday

(PTI)

Breaking the nearly three-decade-old dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday emerged as the single-largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and also triumphed in Pune, where it made mincemeat of the alliance of NCP factions.

The BJP-led alliance was set to bag around 125 of 227 seats in BMC, which is India's richest civic body, whose budget for 2025-26 is a whopping %74,427 crore.

Counting of votes for elections to Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations, including Pune, was held on Friday, a day after the polling saw a 54.77 percent turnout.

Coupled with a decent performance by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, the BJP is now in the driver's seat to govern the cash-rich civic body.

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