Maharashtra election result highlights: Suspense builds over Mumbai Mayor's post; Shinde's corporators moved to hotel

Maharashtra election result highlights: There has been a new twist ahead of the Mayor election as Shiv Sena head Eknath Shinde has moved party's newly elected corporators to a hotel in Bandra.

After the municipal corporation election results, following the resounding victory of the ShivSena (Shinde faction) in the Thane Municipal Corporation, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is seen with party workers at Anand Ashram in Tembhi Naka in Thane. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

Maharashtra election result 2026 highlights: The BJP-led Mahayuti swept 25 municipal corporations, including cash-rich BMC, while Owaisi's AIMIM also made massive gains. As AIMIM won 125 seats, Owaisi said the parties that lost the polls should introspect....Read More

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• 17 Jan 2026, 10:46:53 PM IST

  Maharashtra election: Highlights of the day

  Here are the highlights of the Maharashtra civic polls

  • After a sweeping victory for the BJP-Sena's Mahayuti in BMC elections, Mumbai is witnessing power-play and hotel politics as Shiv Sena has moved all its newly elected corporaters in a hotel in Bandra.
  • A defiant Uddhav Thackeray sought to rally his cadre, insisting that it remained his “dream” to see a Shiv Sena (UBT) mayor elected in Mumbai despite losing control of India’s richest civic body and that shall come true "if god is willing".
  • After Congress poor performance, chronic factionalism resurfaced, with a demand being raised for the resignation of the city unit president Varsha Gaikwad on moral grounds.
  • Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP's 45 per cent vote share in the BMC elections reflected a decisive mandate, and its tally was higher than that of Shiv Sena (UBT) despite contesting fewer seats.
  • Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar met his uncle Sharad Pawar, a day after the BJP decimated his NCP and NCP (SP) alliance in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls.
  • Ajit Pawar has said his party would sit and discuss the poll reversal. Asked about the Opposition casting aspersions on EVMs, Pawar said he would not comment on the issue, but added it was natural to blame them after a defeat though no one raises such questions after a victory.
  • The BJP won 1,425 out of 2,869 seats in the Maharashtra civic polls to emerge as the single largest party in more than a dozen municipal corporations, including Mumbai and Pune.
  • The BJP won 89 seats in the 227-member BMC, ending the Thackeray family's three-decade-old dominance in the cash-rich civic body. Its ally, Shiv Sena, bagged 29 seats, while the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) managed 65, and MNS got 6 seats.

• 17 Jan 2026, 08:17:25 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: BJP has 45% vote share in BMC, better strike rate than Uddhav's Sena: Fadnavis

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has said the BJP's 45 per cent vote share in the BMC elections reflected a decisive mandate, and its tally was higher than that of Shiv Sena (UBT) despite contesting fewer seats.

  Fadnavis spoke at a gathering of BJP workers a day after the alliance of the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won 118 of 227 seats in the civic elections. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party was the second largest with 65 seats.

  "Many people are saying that in 2017 (when the previous elections were held) we (BJP) had won 82 seats and now we have won 89, so is that really an achievement....in 2017 we contested 227 seats and won 82, whereas this time we contested only 135 seats and won 89," he said.

• 17 Jan 2026, 07:28:45 PM IST

  Why Shinde-led Sena moved its corporators to hotel

  The Shiv Sena has decided to move its newly elected corporators to a luxury hotel as the race to pick the next Mumbai mayor heats up. Shinde-led Sena has 29 corporators in Mumbai. A senior party leader said the corporators were being moved to a luxury hotel in Bandra to help them "refresh" after a hectic election season.

  The leader, however, gave no clarity on how long the corporators will be housed in the luxury hotel. Another party functionary cited orientation of newly elected members behind the move, adding the corporators will be housed in the hotel for a couple of days. The move comes amid Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray's remark earlier in the day that his party could install its mayor in the metropolis if God wills. Shinde's 28 corporators are crucial for the BJP to elect their mayor for the first time in the city. The BJP won 89 seats in the 227-member BMC.

• 17 Jan 2026, 06:55:01 PM IST

  Party had to split because of Sanjay Raut: Shiv Sena spokesperson Susieben Shah

  Shiv Sena spokesperson Susieben Shah slammed Sanjay Raut for calling Eknath Shinde 'Jaichand', saying that the party split because of the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP while asking him to "look at his conduct over the past several years". Speaking to ANI, Shah said, "As far as Sanjay Raut is concerned, he must look at his conduct of the past several years. It is because of him that the Shiv Sena had to be split."

  She further expressed gratitude towards Maharashtra citizens for giving the BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) alliance emerging as the single largest bloc in the BMC polls.

• 17 Jan 2026, 06:20:06 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Congress leader demands Mumbai unit chief Gaikwad’s resignation over poor show

  Maharashtra election result live updates: A day after the Congress logged its historically lowest tally in the Mumbai civic polls, a chronic factionalism resurfaced on Saturday, with a demand being raised for the resignation of the city unit president Varsha Gaikwad on moral grounds. However, Mumbai Congress chief spokesperson Sachin Sawant said the party’s performance was satisfactory, considering the “adverse” circumstances under which the polls were held. Gaikwad has come under fire after the Congress’s tally tumbled to 24 from 31 seats it had won in the 2017 elections to the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

• 17 Jan 2026, 05:05:47 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: If God is willing, Shiv Sena (UBT) will install its mayor in Mumbai: Uddhav

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said if God is willing, the party could have its mayor in Mumbai, remarks coming a day after the BJP-Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena combine won the civic elections in the financial capital.

  A day after the BJP-Sena combine wrested the Mumbai civic body from the Thackerays in high-stakes elections, Uddhav interacted with Sena (UBT) workers. He said the BJP wants to mortgage Mumbai and won the polls by betrayal, adding that Marathi manoos will never forgive this sin. Thackeray said it's his dream to install Shiv Sena (UBT)'s mayor in Mumbai, and if God is willing, this dream will be realised.

• 17 Jan 2026, 04:58:22 PM IST

  ‘If Sena wasn't divided’, ‘Numbers against BJP’: Decoding the ‘ifs’ in BMC, Maharashtra results

  The most glaring question emerging from the rubble of the BMC results is, what could have happened had the Shiv Sena remained a single entity. The numbers suggest they would have been close to holding the reins.

  Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) won 65 seats, while deputy CM Shinde’s Shiv Sena secured 29. Together, their tally of 94 seats would have surpassed the BJP’s 89. Aligning with, say, the Congress would mean majority. Read more

• 17 Jan 2026, 04:52:37 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Parties lost should introspect, says Owaisi

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Thanking the people of Maharashtra for electing 125 of its candidates as corporators in various Municipal Corporations in the western state, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the parties that lost the polls should introspect. Owaisi said the AIMIM party is gearing up to contest Municipal polls in Telangana and that the party already sought the names of interested candidates.

  “Now those parties who abuse us (as BJP's B team) should think of themselves. It is the decision of the people. There is an English saying that victory has many fathers, defeat has none. Why did we (they) lose? Those great people will have to say. As far as the voters' list is concerned, it is correct,” he said.

• 17 Jan 2026, 04:16:55 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Uddhav drops cryptic message, Shinde moves all corporators to hotel

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has huddled his newly elected corporators after the BMC verdict amid fears of poaching. The Sena head has moved his corporators to a hotel in Bandra. The development comes even as Uddhav Thackeray sought to rally his cadre, insisting that it remained his “dream” to see a Shiv Sena (UBT) mayor elected in Mumbai despite losing control of India’s richest civic body. Read more

• 17 Jan 2026, 04:03:32 PM IST

  Amid BMC Mayor suspense, Shinde moves Sena corporators to Bandra hotel

  Amid the upcoming Mayor election, Eknath Shinde has moved newly-elected Shiv Sena corporators in Mumbai to a hotel in Bandra. He is expected to address them on Saturday evening.

• 17 Jan 2026, 03:55:02 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: BJP couldn't finish off Shiv Sena on ground, says Uddhav

  Maharashtra election result live updates: While speaking on the poll outcome, Uddhav said, “BJP couldn't finish off Shiv Sena on ground; it can't buy loyalty despite employing all means.”

• 17 Jan 2026, 03:46:29 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Uddhav's cryptic message on next Mumbai Mayor after losing BMC poll

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday exuded confidence that the next Mayor of Mumbai could be elected from his party.

  While speaking to party workers in Mumbai, he said, “It's our dream to get Shiv Sena (UBT) mayor elected; if God willing it will happen.”

  In the BMC elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) got 65 seats, while the BJP emerged as the largest party.

• 17 Jan 2026, 03:19:37 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: What Ajit Pawar said on NCP's loss in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar congratulated the BJP after the party trounced his NCP and NCP (SP) alliance in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic polls. Pawar had attacked the BJP, which was in power in the two civic bodies in the district between 2017 and 2022, for irregularities and "derailed development", bringing a very high amount of acrimony in the campaign. The BJP, an ally of the NCP in the Mahayuti, had hit back with warnings that Pawar must introspect before making such statements.

  While speaking on Saturday, Pawar said his party would sit and discuss the poll reversal. "Voters are important, and every political party must continue its efforts. The BJP has achieved significant success, and I congratulate the party for its performance. These civic polls were fought by the BJP under the leadership of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and the other parties had to face defeat," Pawar said, according to PTI.

• 17 Jan 2026, 03:00:41 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Congress leader demands Mumbai unit chief Gaikwad's resignation

  Maharashtra election result live updates: A day after the Congress recorded its worst-ever performance in the Mumbai civic elections, calls were made for city unit president Varsha Gaikwad to step down on moral grounds on Saturday.

  Former Mumbai Congress president and MLC Bhai Jagtap said Gaikwad should resign due to the party’s poor showing.

  "When candidates were selected, I was told that tickets were distributed based on a survey. I didn't object that time, but when I asked for the survey, it wasn't shown to me," he told PTI Videos.

• 17 Jan 2026, 02:50:45 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Owaisi said parties that lost should introspect

  Maharashtra election result live updates: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi thanked the people of Maharashtra for choosing 125 of the party’s candidates as corporators across several municipal corporations in the state. Speaking on Saturday, he said parties that failed in the polls should take time to reflect on the results.

  “Now those parties who abuse us (as BJP's B team) should think of themselves. It is the decision of the people. There is an English saying that victory has many fathers, defeat has none. Why did we (they) lose? Those great people will have to say. As far as the voters' list is concerned, it is correct,” he replied to a query.

• 17 Jan 2026, 02:37:17 PM IST

  Mahlarashtra election resut live updates: Fadnavis crowned hero of Mahayuti’s triumph

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The BJP's sweeping win in the municipal body polls in Maharashtra, including the prestigious BMC, where it ended the Thackeray dominance of India's richest civic body after 25 years, is to Devendra Fadnavis's credit.

  Fadnavis, the chief minister, became the face of the campaign for the civic polls. He held 77 events including rallies, road shows and gave several public interviews. And that was just in the second phase of the local election. He did almost as many in the first too. Read full story here.

• 17 Jan 2026, 02:06:58 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Sharad Pawar's NCP reacts to poll defeat

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Reacting to the election results, NCP-SP leader Jayant Patil told ANI: “In the results, the BJP has emerged as the largest party; they have secured the victory. I congratulate all parties.”

  “We had hoped that our alliance could win where it was positioned, but there have been several reasons, different invisible reasons. You know those invisible reasons too, and we know them as well,” he said.

• 17 Jan 2026, 01:52:54 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Engineer couple emerge victorious

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections saw an unusual political development in Vadgaon Sheri, where a couple, Surendra Pathare and Aishwarya Pathare, won after contesting on BJP tickets from neighbouring wards.

  Aishwarya Pathare recorded a historic win in Ward No. 3, securing a lead of more than 15,000 votes, while Surendra Pathare claimed success in Ward No. 4.

• 17 Jan 2026, 01:37:10 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Shaina NC hails Shinde-Fadnavis duo

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC on Saturday welcomed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election results, saying that the people of Mumbai have expressed their trust in Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

  "After 25 years, the Mahayuti's mayor will be elected, and that itself is a very big achievement. Thanks to the people of Mumbai for expressing their trust in our leaders, Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis, and for voting for them based on their work," she told ANI.

• 17 Jan 2026, 01:11:43 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: ‘Dhurandhar Devendra’ posters put up in Mumbai | Watch video

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Posters haling Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as “Dhurandhar Devendra” appeared in different areas of Mumbai on Saturday, a day after the results of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections were declared.

  The banners were put up by BJP Yuva Morcha Mumbai president Tajinder Singh Tiwana, who also won a seat as a corporator in the civic elections.

• 17 Jan 2026, 01:03:19 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Congress' Udit Raj dubs Maharashtra civic polls ‘unfair’

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Congress leader Udit Raj has criticised the recent Maharashtra Municipal Body elections, terming them as "unfair" and alleging that indelible ink played a major role in the results.

  "It was an unfair election on a very large scale. Indelible ink played a major role in this unfair election... Hundreds of people were on the streets, unable to find their booth and struggling to find their names in the list," Raj told ANI.

• 17 Jan 2026, 12:37:00 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Sanjay Raut attacks Shinde after BMC defeat

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday criticised Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election results.

  He alleged that the BJP would not have found space in the city’s civic body if Shinde had not “betrayed” his party, and claimed that the Marathi people would remember him as “Jaichand”.

  “If Eknath Shinde had not become the Jaichand of Shiv Sena, the BJP would never have got a Mayor in Mumbai! The Marathi people will remember Shinde as Jaichand,” Raut wrote.

• 17 Jan 2026, 12:12:55 PM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Owaisi reacts to AIMIM gains in Maharashtra

  Maharashtra election result live updates: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday reacted to his party's victories in BMC elections and other municipal corporations across Maharashtra.

  He said, “125 corporators of our party got successful in Maharashtra. I would like to thank the people of Maharashtra for actively participating and casting their votes. And I would like to thank all those voters who blessed the AIMIM party candidates with their votes and prayers, and made us victorious.”

  “I hope that the corporators who have been successful will live up to the expectations of the people... I am strongly urging all our corporators to remain among the people and to carry out development work in your respective wards,” Owaisi added.

• 17 Jan 2026, 11:57:24 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: NCPs struggle as Pawar reunion flops

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar suffered a major setback in western Maharashtra, particularly Pune and Pimpri–Chinchwad, where the party failed to make any significant impact despite contesting the civic elections in alliance with NCP (SP), led by Ajit’s uncle Sharad Pawar.

  The results in Pune and Pimpri–Chinchwad are indeed a blow to the speculation that the Pawar factions could leverage their reunion to rebuild influence in the state and national levels.

• 17 Jan 2026, 11:41:40 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Annamalai says people rejected 'divisive propaganda'

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Reacting to his party's victory in the civic polls in Maharashtra, BJP leader K Annamalai on Friday said people trust the triple-engine leadership and they have rejected "divisive propaganda.

  The former Tamil Nadu BJP president was targeted by MNS chief Raj Thackeray, alleging the leader from south during his campaign for the civic polls tried to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra by claiming it as an international city. Mockingly, he dubbed Annamalai as "Rasmalai".

• 17 Jan 2026, 11:21:07 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Congress reacts to BMC poll defeat

  Maharashtra election result live updates: A day after defeat in the BMC polls, Congress leader Digvijay Singh told ANI, “…The Congress party will analyse the election results. Uddhav Thackeray's party will do the same, as well as the NCP (SP) and would reflect accordingly.”

• 17 Jan 2026, 10:58:22 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Sena (UBT) reacts after BMC poll loss

  Maharashtra election result live updates: A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) lost power in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to the BJP-led Mahayuti, the party issued one of its first official reactions.

  In a post shared on social media platform X, Shiv Sena (UBT) said, "This battle is not over yet... It will continue just like this until the Marathi person receives the respect they deserve!"

• 17 Jan 2026, 10:49:32 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Raj Thackeray's first reaction after defeat in polls

  Maharashtra election result live updates: MNS chief Raj Thackeray, in a post on X on Saturday, congratulated the newly elected corporators of the MNS and Shiv Sena and acknowledged the tough contest faced by the parties in the recently concluded civic elections.

  "It is saddening that MNS did not achieve the expected success this time, but that does not mean we are the kind to lose heart and give up. The corporators who have been elected will more than hold their own against the ruling powers right there on the ground. And if anything is seen to be happening against the Marathi people, they will surely bring those in power to their knees ," he wrote in a post on X.

  “Whatever went wrong, whatever was left undone, wherever we fell short, and what needs to be done — we will all together analyse it and take action,” he added.

• 17 Jan 2026, 10:34:49 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: BJP’s solo strategy works in Pune

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to contest the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections on its own, without an alliance partner, emerged as a key factor behind its sweeping performance, while the Shiv Sena failed to make a mark in the city.

  As the results were out on Friday with the BJP winning more than 110 seats, its leader Murlidhar Mohol said, “Our Party was confident of winning the polls on its record of development.”

• 17 Jan 2026, 10:18:09 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: How Fadnavis is being hailed as ‘Dhurandhar Devendra’

  Maharashtra election result live updates: A day after the BJP swept Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections and the party-led Mahayuti alliance is set to come to power in 25 of the 29 municipal corporations, large hoardings were put up across Mumbai hailing chief minister Fadnavis as ‘Dhurandhar Devendra’. Notably ‘dhurandhar’ means stalwart and is a nod to the 2025 Bollywood-hit film ‘Dhurandhar’.

  For long, the chief minister, now serving his second term, has been labelled as the man from Nagpur. But Friday's showing where the BJP won 23 of the 29 municipal corporations- a few of them in alliance with the Shiv Sena and the NCP-points to his emergence as a pan-Maharashtra leader, perhaps the first such after Sharad Pawar.

• 17 Jan 2026, 10:02:16 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: ‘Dhurandhar Devendra’ posters in Mumbai

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Posters hailing Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as “Dhurandhar Devendra” appeared in several areas of Mumbai on Saturday, a day after the results of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections were declared.

  The posters were put up by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha Mumbai president Tajinder Singh Tiwana, who was also elected as a corporator in the civic polls.

• 17 Jan 2026, 09:24:02 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Final BMC election results

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The final tally of the election results in Mumbai are here. Take a look:

  BJP - 89 seats

  Shiv Sena (UBT) - 65 seats

  Shiv Sena - 29 seats

  Congress - 24 seats

  AIMIM - 8 seats

  MNS - 6 seats

  Ajit Pawar's NCP - 3 seats

  Samajwadi Party - 2 seats

  Sharad Pawar's NCP - 1 seat

• 17 Jan 2026, 09:04:04 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Sanjay Raut calls BMC poll trends 'inaccurate'

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said on Friday that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections “could end in a draw”, as the final outcome for India’s richest civic body had not yet been announced.

  He said, "The time to react has not yet come. Given how the vote counting is progressing in Mumbai, the final results won't be available until midnight. The figures being released are inaccurate. Vote counting hasn't even started in approximately 100 wards yet. Although I will admit that it's a close contest. The competition is fierce. But it's not true that the Shiv Sena (UBT) is far behind, as some are claiming."

• 17 Jan 2026, 08:45:45 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: What led to Congress' failure in Mumbai?

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The Congress has put in its worst-ever performance in municipal elections in Mumbai, with the party expected to win just 22 seats in the 227-seat BMC. While results are still coming in, the final tally will make little difference to a party clearly flailing in Mumbai.

  The Congress has gone from a significant political force to political irrelevance in the city where it was founded in December 1885, and from where it went on to rule the country for decades after Independence. Full story here.

• 17 Jan 2026, 08:19:13 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: AIMIM's big gain in 121 seats

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The results of elections in the 29 municipal corporations show the emergence of Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) as a strong contender in state politics.

  The party has done much better than Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Samajwadi Party, winning 121 seats. It secured eight seats in Mumbai and became the second largest party in Sambhaji Nagar and Malegaon. Read full story here.

• 17 Jan 2026, 08:01:29 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Fadnavis emerges hero of Mahayuti’s triumph

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, 55, has led the Bharatiya Janata Party to electoral victories before, including, most famously, in the 2024 assembly election, but all of those elections have been fought in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a huge supporting cast of party leaders from the Centre and other states.

  Read more here.

• 17 Jan 2026, 07:46:05 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Congress, MNS defeated in Thane

  Maharashtra election result live updates: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and the Congress were decimated in the Thane civic polls, failing to win a single seat. Congress' Thane unit chief Vikrant Chavan lost as did MNS' city unit head Ravindra More.

• 17 Jan 2026, 07:33:09 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Amit Shah hails BJP-Sena victory

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday hailed the BJP-Shiv Sena's victory in the Maharashtra civic polls, saying that the win shows people's faith in the development policies of the NDA government.

  He wrote, "The resounding victory of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the Maharashtra municipal elections demonstrates that the people across the country have unwavering faith only in the development policies of the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This historic success is a clear endorsement by the people of the development and welfare work undertaken by the Mahayuti government in the state. Heartfelt gratitude to the people of Maharashtra for this overwhelming support."

• 17 Jan 2026, 07:09:36 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Nitin Gadkari reacts to BMC election results

  Maharashtra election result live updates: As the BJP emerged as the largest party in the BMC polls, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that the party “did not engage” in politics based on caste or religion and pursued development with "complete honesty".

  "The people have chosen us for 5 years. The trust and love of the people are our greatest strength. We did not engage in politics based on caste, religion, or language. We pursued development with complete honesty and did not discriminate in development in any way...," Gadkari told reporters.

• 17 Jan 2026, 06:54:07 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: BJP emerges as single-largest party, Shinde Sena and Congress follow

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Data shared by the State Election Commission at 10:30 pm showed that:

  • BJP won 1,372 seats across 29 municipal corporations
  • Shiv Sena finished in second place with 394 seats
  • Congress came in third with 315 seats
  • Shiv Sena (UBT) won 149 seats
• 17 Jan 2026, 06:34:22 AM IST

  Maharashtra election result live updates: What PM Modi said on Mahayuti sweep

  Maharashtra election result live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the BJP-Shiv Sena-led victory in the Maharashtra civic polls, attributing the win to the "pro-people good governance" agenda.

  He wrote on X, "Thank you, Maharashtra! The dynamic people of the state bless the NDA's agenda of pro-people, good governance! The results of various municipal corporation elections indicate that the NDA's bond with the people of Maharashtra has further deepened. Our track record and vision for development have struck a chord. My gratitude to the people across Maharashtra. This is a vote to add momentum to progress and celebrate the glorious culture the state is associated with."

• 17 Jan 2026, 05:03:54 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena breach Thackeray family's bastion in Mumbai

  Breaching the bastion of the Thackeray family, the alliance of the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday secured a clear majority in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections by bagging 118 out of 227 seats.

  The BJP won 89 seats, while the Shinde-led Sena secured 29. The alliance thus crossed the halfway mark of 114 needed to control the country's richest civic body.

  The Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS-NCP (SP) alliance managed to win 72 seats. The undivided Shiv Sena had ruled the civic body for 25 years since 1997.

• 17 Jan 2026, 03:51:32 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: 'Victory a testament to Maharashtra's faith in PM Modi': Fadnavis as BJP emerges as the single-largest party

  On Maharashtra civic body polls, state CM Devendra Fadnavis says, "I am very happy that the Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved an unprecedented victory in Maharashtra.

  The Bharatiya Janata Party and our alliance partners have secured a clear majority in about 25 of the 29 places, including Mumbai, Fadnavis was quoted as saying. The BJP has emerged as the single-largest party, and I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the people of Maharashtra.

• 17 Jan 2026, 02:48:55 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: Mumbai BJP president says Mumbaikars gave reply to those creating divisions

  Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam reportedly said, “Those who were trying to spread rumours, create divisions on the basis of languages and regions have been given a reply by Mumbaikars through their votes.”

• 17 Jan 2026, 02:18:24 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: BJP workers celebrate win in Nanded polls, Ashok Chavan calls it matter of pride

  Celebrating victory in Nanded, BJP leader Ashok Chavan said, “The BJP has achieved a very large-scale victory, and this is a matter of pride for me."

  “I had promised the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister that after joining the BJP, wherever I am given the opportunity in Maharashtra, I will work with full strength for the party,” he was quoted as saying.

• 17 Jan 2026, 01:49:40 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: Results declared for 2,833 of the 2,868 seats

  Results in 2,833 of the 2,868 seats in these 29 civic bodies were declared. According to data, the BJP won 1400, while its ally Shiv Sena bagged 397 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) got 153, and MNS got 13 seats in the state. The Congress bagged 324 seats, PTI reported.

• 17 Jan 2026, 01:12:50 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: Scuffles, clashes reported amid civic poll vote counting

  Scuffles and incidents of unlawful assembly were reported from several parts of Maharashtra on Friday. In Mumbai's ward no. 146, Satish Rajguru, a candidate of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, was beaten up by Shiv Sena supporters, PTI reported.

  While in Thane, supporters of Shiv Sena candidate Minakshi Shinde clashed with backers of an independent candidate

• 17 Jan 2026, 12:44:09 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: Former mayor injured in lathi-charge at counting centre in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

  The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city police on Friday resorted to a lathi-charge at a counting station, resulting in injuries to former mayor and Shiv Sena leader Vikas Jain and some others, news agency PTI reported.

  After this incident, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Minister for Social Justice Sanjay Shirsat reached the counting centre and demanded action against the policemen involved.

• 17 Jan 2026, 12:11:23 AM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: Nitin Gadkari says love and trust of people greatest strength

  On the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation election results 2026, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, “The people have chosen us for 5 years. The trust and love of the people are our greatest strength.”

  Talking about the governance, he said, "We did not engage in politics based on caste, religion, or language. We pursued development with complete honesty and did not discriminate in development in any way."

• 16 Jan 2026, 11:44:17 PM IST

  Maharashtra local election results Live: BJP bags 89 seats in final BMC results, Shiv Sena follows

  In the final BMC results, the BJP bagged the highest number of seats with 89 seats, which was followed by Shiv Sena UBT with 65 seats out of the total 227 seats. Here is the division of seats:

  BJP - 89

  Shiv Sena UBT - 65

  Shiv Sena - 29

  Congress - 24

  MNS - 6

  AIMIM - 8

  NCP - 3

  SP - 2

  NCP (Sharad Pawar) - 1