Saffron surge in civic bodies as BJP wins big in Thane, Pune and others parts

The BJP recorded a strong saffron surge across several major cities in state winning a record number of seats in the Maharashtra local body electionsThe Maharashtra Civic Elections 2026 Results were announced on FridayThe party posted significant victories in key major cities including Thane Pune Nashik Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar strengthening its position across the stateVoting took place on January 15 in 29 municipal corporations including Mumbai Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Navi Mumbai VasaiVirar KalyanDombivli Kolhapur Nagpur Solapur Amravati Akola Nashik PimpriChinchwad Pune Ulhasnagar Thane Chandrapur Parbhani MiraBhayandar NandedWaghala Panvel BhiwandiNizampur Latur Malegaon SangliMirajKupwad Jalgaon Ahilyanagar Dhule Jalna and IchalkaranjiShiv SenaBJP alliance emerges as leading force in ThaneIn Thane the BJP emerged secured at least 17 seats outperforming its rivals by wide marginsThe Shiv SenaBJP alliance emerged as the leading force in the 131member Thane Municipal Corporation on FridayAccording to official data available so far the ruling combine has won 50 seats in totalThe Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena secured 33 wards while the BJP won 17 seats in the civic body which is considered the home turf of Deputy Chief Minister Shinde reported the PTIThe Shiv Sena had contested 79 seats and the BJP 38The Asaduddin Owaisiled All India MajliseIttehadulMuslimeen AIMIM recorded a notable performance by winning five of the 15 seats it contested In the previous term of the Thane civic body the AIMIM had only two corporators the news agency reportedMahayuti ally Nationalist Congress Party NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar contested the elections separately and has so far won seven seats officials saidThe Sharad Pawarled NCP SP has secured eight seats out of the 40 wards it contested according to trends Its allies the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT and the Congress have suffered major setbacks in the results declared so farThe Shiv Sena UBT has managed to win just one seat out of the 64 it contested while the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS headed by Raj Thackeray has failed to open its accountOther parties including the Aam Aadmi Party AAP and the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi VBA have also not registered any victories in the results announced so farAmong independent candidates only one has emerged victorious out of the 174 who contested the electionsAs of Friday evening results for 72 seats had been declared while counting for the remaining 59 seats was still underwayBJPs impressive results in PuneThe BJP also delivered an impressive showing in Pune Nashik and Nagpur where it either retained or expanded its influence in the civic bodiesDespite forging an alliance with the faction led by his uncle NCP chief and Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday failed to protect the partys traditional bastions of Pune and neighbouring PimpriChinchwad as the BJP decimated both the NCPs in the municipal corporation electionsThe trends showed on Friday that the BJP was heading for a decisive victory in both cities In Pune the saffron party was leading in more than 110 seats while the NCP was ahead in 12 seats and the NCP Sharad Pawar in two In PimpriChinchwad the BJP was leading in 84 seats while the NCP was ahead in 37 according to the PTIBJPs notable gains in Chhatrapati SambhajinagarIn Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar the BJP made notable gains signalling growing support in the Marathwada regionThe BJP won 58 of the 115 seats comfortably crossing the majority threshold in the Municipal Corporation elections in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar AurangabadAIMIM has emerged as the secondlargest party winning 33 seatsBJPs victory in CM Fadnavis home turfIn Nagpur home turf of CM Fadnavis and Union minister Nitin Gadkari counting trends and results for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation suggest a nearrepeat of the 2017 results leaving the Congress struggling to make significant inroads despite an aggressive campaignThe BJP is on course to surpass the 2017 tally of 108 seats in the 151member Nagpur civic body as per the PTILeading in NashikThe BJP took a commanding lead in the Nashik Municipal Corporation elections emerging ahead in 71 of the 122 seats according to trendsThe Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena trailed with leads in 26 seats while the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT was ahead in 15 wardsThe NCP Ajit Pawar faction led in five seats and the Congress held a lead in threeThe Raj Thackerayled Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS secured a lead in one seat while another seat was led by a different candidatewith PTI inputs