Maharashtra Zilla Parishad election results 2026 highlights: PM Modi congratulates Mahayuti workers after ZP poll win

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Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: The BJP-led Mahayuti registered a landslide victory in the Zilla Parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Maharashtra, the results of which were declared on Monday, PTI reported.

According to the State Election Commission, the Mahayuti won 552 of the 731 Zilla Parishad seats and secured over 1,000 of the 1,462 panchayat samiti seats across the state.

Within the ruling alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest contributor with 225 Zilla Parishad seats, followed by the Nationalist Congress Party with 165 seats and the Shiv Sena with 162, according to PTI.

In the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Indian National Congress led with 55 Zilla Parishad seats. It was followed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) with 43 seats and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) with 26. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena won one seat each in Latur and Ratnagiri.

Independents secured 20 Zilla Parishad seats, unrecognised parties registered with the State Election Commission won 14, while parties registered with the SEC accounted for seven seats.

The NCP dominated the Pune Zilla Parishad, winning 51 of the 73 seats. In Raigad, the Shiv Sena won 23 of 59 seats, while the Eknath Shinde-led party also swept Ratnagiri, winning 41 of the 56 seats. The BJP emerged victorious in Sindhudurg with 27 of 50 seats and also finished as the single largest party in Satara, Solapur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani, Dharashiv and Latur. The Congress emerged as the single largest party in Kolhapur, the report added.

In the 1,462 panchayat samiti seats across 125 bodies, the BJP won 459 seats, followed by the NCP with 306 and the Shiv Sena with 302. The Congress won 97 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) 89 and NCP (SP) 46. The MNS secured two seats, Independents won 31, unrecognised parties registered with the SEC got 36, while parties recognised outside the state but registered with the SEC won 17 seats.

Results for 24 seats in Karad were still awaited, the poll body said. Counting of votes for elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 panchayat samitis began at 10 am.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: "Once again, Maharashtra has extended its support to the BJP and the Mahayuti!

Following the resounding success of the BJP and Mahayuti in the municipal corporation and municipal council elections, the people of Maharashtra have once again given us a strong mandate in the Zilla Parishad elections as well. Whether rural or urban, it is now clear that the people of Maharashtra want a coalition government that delivers good governance and respects the state’s glorious culture. I express my heartfelt gratitude to all my brothers and sisters across Maharashtra.

I also congratulate every worker of the Mahayuti who tirelessly worked at the grassroots level to reach out to the people with information about the solid performance of the Maharashtra government and the NDA’s vision of good governance," PM Modi wrote on X.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that the BJP has emerged as the number one party in urban, semi-urban, and rural Maharashtra, amid counting of votes for the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls and that the poll outcome shows that people have expressed confidence in the Mahayuti alliance once again.

He said the BJP has broken its 2017 record by securing 236 seats so far in 12 districts and winning 410 seats in 125 Panchayat Samitis.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: The Mahayuti alliance is all set to retain power in the Latur Zilla Parishad, although its main member party BJP saw a drop in seats. Congress performed better, taking the centre stage as the largest party, PTI reported citing an official as saying.

The Election Commission has not shared any official update so far on the results.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: Four out of five kin of former Maharashtra minister Suresh Warpudkar on Monday, lost the Zilla Parishad polls in Parbhani.

According to a PTI report that cited an official, Warpudkar's daughter Sonal Deshmukh, son Samsher Warpudkar, daughter-in-law Prerna Warpudkar, nephew Utkarsh Warpudkar and Ajit Warpudkar contested the polls.

Warpudkar joined the BJP in 2025 after he was a Congress MLA for three terms. He was also the minister of state for agriculture between 2008 and 2009.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: With no official confirmation from state election commissioner, TV reports showed that BJP had established a lead in 200 out of 731 seats and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in 137 seats of Zilla Parishads till 2 pm.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: BJP leader and Maharashtra's revenue minister Chnadrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said that the Mahayuti alliance emerged victorious in District Councils too, just like it did in the first two phases of municipal corporation and municipal councils or Nagar Panchayats.

Mahayuti will give council presidents in 8 of 12 councils, Bawankule said.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: In western Maharashtra's Satara, BJP is leading in 32 seats around 2 pm, followed by NCP in 17 and Shiv Sena in 10 seats.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: Shiv Sena is leading in Raigad at around 2 pm with 13 seats. NCP and BJP are trailing behind with 10 and 6 seats respectively.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: According to data accessed by HT at around 1.45 pm, in Kolhapur, Congress was leading in 12 seats, followed by BJP and Shiv Sena in 10 seats each.

NCP was leading in two seats.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: Sindhudurg is witnessing a strong BJP performance, with the party leading in 23 constituencies under the Rane camp’s influence. Shiv Sena is ahead in 5 seats in the district.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: Latur is seeing a tight contest, with the BJP leading in 16 seats and the Congress close behind with leads in 14 seats.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: In Ratnagiri, Shiv Sena has opened up a strong lead with trends showing it ahead in 26 seats. Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading in 5 seats, while the BJP is ahead in just 1 and the NCP in 2.

Maharashtra ZP election results 2026 Live: Early trends from 531 of the 731 seats being counted across 12 districts show the BJP leading in 201 seats. Shiv Sena is ahead in 118 seats, NCP in 101, Congress in 43 and Shiv Sena (UBT) in 27. Counting is still underway and numbers may change.

Maharashtra Zilla Parishad election results 2026 Live: BJP corporator Manjusha Nagpure is elected unopposed as the mayor of Pune.

NCP and Congress withdrew their candidates last moment and avoided elections.

Maharashtra Zilla Parishad election results 2026 Live: In Pune, NCP was ahead with party candidates leading in 25 seats compared to BJP leading in 20 seats, at around 1.29 pm, according to information accessed by Hindustan Times.

Maharashtra Zilla Parishad election results 2026 Live: In early trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Mahayuti ally Shiv Sena were ahead of their rivals after counting of votes in Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis began at 10 am.

BJP was leading in 48 of the 731 seats across 12 councils, Shiv Sena was ahead in 29 seats, followed by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with 24 at around 10.40 am.