BMC polls: SEC declares results for 221 seats; BJP wins 89, Sena (UBT) 65

The Maharashtra State Election Commission SEC on Friday announced Mumbais highstake BMC Election 2026 results and according to the data BJP turned out to be the largest party securing 4522 per cent of the total votes polled in favour of winning candidatesAccording to the data on Friday night results for 227 wards across Mumbai were declared which suggested that BJP won 89 followed by Shiv Sena UBT that won 65 receiving 2752 per cent of the votesBMC Election 2026 Results Parties and the number of winning candidatesThe Indian National Congress secured 24 seats accounting for 931 per cent of the votes The All India MajliseIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM won eight seats while the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS secured six seatsSeats won by partiesIt further stated that the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena won 29 Ajit Pawarled NCP 3 Samajwadi Party 2 Sharad Pawarled NCP SP 1 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS 6The AAP failed to open its accountAs many as 1700 candidates were in fray for the Mumbai civic body pollsThe BMC is Indiarsquos richest municipal corporation and has an estimated budget of Rs 74427 crore for 202526BMC Election 2026 Partywise Results Winning CandidatesBharatiya Janata Party BJP 89 winning candidates 1179273 votes 215837 of total votes polled 452237 of winning candidatesrsquo votesShiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray 65 winning candidates 717736 votes 131337 of total votes polled 275237 of winning candidatesrsquo votesShiv Sena 29 winning candidates 273326 votes 50037 of total votes polled 104837 of winning candidatesrsquo votesIndian National Congress INC 24 winning candidates 242646 votes 44437 of total votes polled 93137 of winning candidatesrsquo votesAll India MajliseIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM 8 winning candidates 68072 votes 12537 of total votes polled 26137 of winning candidatesrsquo votesMaharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS 6 winning candidates 74946 votes 13737 of total votes polled 28737 of winning candidatesrsquo votesNationalist Congress Party NCP 3 winning candidates 24691 votes 04537 of total votes polled 09537 of winning candidatesrsquo votesSamajwadi Party SP 2 winning candidates 15162 votes 02837 of total votes polled 05837 of winning candidatesrsquo votesNationalist Congress Party ndash Sharadchandra Pawar 1 winning candidate 11760 votes 02237 of total votes polled 04537 of winning candidatesrsquo votesTotal 227 winning candidates 2607612 votes 477237 of total votes polled 10037 of winning candidatesrsquo votesFour former Mumbai mayors and three deputy mayors retain seatsFour former Mumbai mayors and three former deputy mayors on Friday emerged winners from the wards they were contesting BMC Election 2026Former mayors Kishori Pednekar Shiv Sena UBT won from ward 199 Vishakha Raut won from ward 191 Shradda Jadhav Shiv Sena UBT won from ward 202 and Milind Vaidya also from Shiv Sena UBT won from ward 182Similarly former deputy mayors Hemangi Worlikar Shiv Sena UBT won from ward 193 Suhas Wadkar from ward 141 and Alka Kerkar from ward 98 in Bandra WestArun Gawlis both daughters face loss in BMC pollsIn a major setback to gangsterturnedpolitician Arun Gawli both his daughters lost the BMC polls from their respective wards in south and central Mumbai on FridayAccording to election officials Gawlirsquos elder daughter Geeta who was seeking a fourth term from Ward 212 in the BycullaAgipada area was defeated by Samajwadi Party candidate Amrin Shezad Abrahani according to the PTIHis younger daughter Yogita who was contesting elections for the first time from Ward 207 in the BycullaChinchpokli area lost to BJP candidate Rohidas LokhandeGeeta Gawli was first elected as a corporator from Byculla East in 2007 and later became a wellknown local leader She had also contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2012 and 2017 but lost on both occasionsOverall Maharashtra data till 1030 pmMaharashtra local body poll resultsMeanwhile The Maharashtra State Election Commission SEC late on Friday declared results for 2784 of the 2869 seats across 29 municipal corporations in the state The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 1372 seatsAn official said that the results for the remaining 85 seats are expected to be announced later in the nightAccording to data released by the SEC the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena won 394 seats followed by the Congress with 315 seats Ajit Pawarrsquos Nationalist Congress Party NCP secured 158 seats while the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT won 149 seats reported the PTIMunicipal corporation elections were held on January 15 in major cities including Navi Mumbai Thane Pune Nagpur Nashik PimpriChinchwad KalyanDombivli VasaiVirar Panvel MiraBhayandar and several others across the stateThe elections were conducted after a gap of several years as the terms of most municipal corporations had ended between 2020 and 2023 Of the 29 corporations nine are located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR which is considered the most urbanised region in India