Clear sweep for BJP in BMC elections: BJP clinches 1,425 seats across 29 municipal corporations

The BJP emerged as the clear winner, even stunning the Pawars in the Pune polls, clinching 119 seats, with AjitPawar-led NCP coming in distant second with 27.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections were held on Thursday, January 16. The poll results were out by Friday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the clear winner. The party has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 seats across 29 municipal corporations.

BJP makes a clear sweep at the 2026 civic polls.

The BJP has swept the 2026 civic polls, winning 1,425 seats across 29 municipal corporations. It defeated Uddhav Thackeray in the BMC elections and ended his family’s three-decade-old dominance in the cash-rich civic body. The BJP has won 89 seats, and ally Shiv Senabagged 29 seats in the 227-member BMC, while Shiv Sena (UBT) managed 65 and MNS only 6. The Congress, which fought the alliance with VanchitBahujanAghadi (VBA), bagged 24 seats; AIMIM, 8; NCP, 3; and NCP (SP), 2; and NCP (SP) got just one seat.

BJP stuns in the BMC elections 2026, even in Pune.

The BJP stunned the Pawars in the Pune polls, gaining 119 seats with AjitPawar-led NCP coming in distant second with 27 seats and its ally NCP (SP) getting 3 seats. The Congress managed only to get 15 seats. In the 151-member Nagpur civic body, the BJP held sway, getting 102, while the Congress bagged a mere 34. Nashik saw the BJP bagging 72 seats, Shiv Sena 26, Shiv Sena (UBT) 15, Congress 3, and NCP 4. BJP’s streak continued in ChhatrapatiSambhajinagar, where it won 57 seats, followed by Shiv Sena with 13, Congress with one, while other parties registered with the SEC, especially the AIMIM, bagged 33 seats.

As per the finally tally, the BJPwon 1,425 out of a total 2,869 seats, Shiv Sena 399, Congress 324, NCP 167, Shiv Sena (UBT) 155, NCP (SP) 36, MNS 13, BSP 6, parties registered with the SEC 129, unrecognised parties 196, and 19 independents.