Maharashtra civic polls record 54.77% turnout; BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) lead in key corporations

A day after the election ended, State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday (January 16, 2026) released the voter turnout percentage which recorded at 54.77% in the elections held for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra.

The highest turnout was recorded in Ichalkaranji at 69.76%, while Mira Bhayandar reported the lowest at 48.64%.

Among major municipal corporations, Mumbai recorded a turnout of 52.94%, Thane 55.59%, Nashik 56.67%, Pune 52.42% and Nagpur 51.38%.

Polling for the 29 municipal corporations concluded on Thursday, with counting of votes underway on Friday. According to the SEC, turnout in other civic bodies included Kalyan Dombivli (50.32%), Navi Mumbai (57.15%), Akola (55.61%), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (59.82%), Nanded Waghala (61.37%), Parbhani (65.99%), Amravati (54.10%), Chandrapur (56.89%), Jalna (61.16%), Latur (60.08%), Malegaon (64.08%), Dhule (56.73%), Ulhasnagar (52.10%), Bhiwandi Nizampur (53.43%), Vasai Virar (57.12%), Panvel (55.67%), Kolhapur (66.53%), Sangli Miraj Kupwad (61.03%), Jalgaon (53.60%), Ahilyanagar (64.67%), Pimpri Chinchwad (57.71%) and Solapur (53.02%).

Meanwhile, according to figures released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in 72 seats, followed by Shiv Sena (UBT) with 60 seats, the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde with 25 seats, Congress with 19 seats, AIMIM with seven seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena with five seats, Nationalist Congress Party with two seats, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) with one, Samajwadi Party with two seats, and others in the remaining wards.

AIMIM won five seats in Govandi and one in Chittanagar.

Here is the BMC’s officially released winners’ list on several seats 

Bharatiya Janata Party*

Ward 2: Tejashvi Goshalkar

Ward 3: Prakash Derekar

Ward 4: Mangesh Pangare

Ward 9: Shivanan Shetty

Ward 10: Jitendra Patel

Ward 20: Deepak Tawade

Ward 21: Leena Dehekar

Ward 22: Himanshu Parekh

Ward 23: Shivkumar Jha

Ward 35: Yogesh Verma

Ward 36: Siddharth Sharma

Ward 50: Vikram Rajput

Ward 52: Preeti Satam

Ward 103: Hetal Morvekar

Ward 104: Prakash Gandhare

Ward 106: Prabhakar Shinde

Ward 126: Archana Bhalerao

Ward 172: Rajeshshri Shirvadkar

Ward 173: Shilpa Kelaskar

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Shiv Sena (UBT)

Ward 1: Rekha Yadav

Ward 32: Geeta Bhandari

Ward 37: Yogita Kadam

Ward 39: Pushpa Kalambe

Ward 53: Jitender Valvi

Ward 83: Sonali Sabe

Ward 87: Pooja Mahadeshwar

Ward 88: Sharwari Parab

Ward 123: Sunil More

Ward 124: Samina Shaikh

Ward 182: Milind Vaidya

Ward 187: Joseph Koli

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Indian National Congress

Ward 33: Kamarjha Siddique

Ward 90: Tulip Miranda

Ward 183: Asha Kale

Ward 184: Babbu Khan

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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)

Ward 38: Surekha Parab

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Shiv Sena (Shinde faction)

Ward 51: Varsha Tembalkar

Ward 1: Rekha Yadav

Unopposed candidates 

The State Election Commission earlier announced that 65 candidates were elected unopposed across 10 civic bodies in Maharashtra. Most of the unopposed winners were from the BJP and the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde. The results were declared after the SEC received and examined reports from the municipal commissioners of the concerned civic bodies. Certificates to the unopposed winners are to be issued on Friday (January 16, 2026).