BJP, Shiv Sena ahead in Maharashtra Zilla Parishad polls

The BJP and its Mahayuti ally Shiv Sena were ahead of their rivals as per the early trends of the local body elections in Maharashtra on Monday (February 9, 2026), establishing a lead in 200 and 137 Zilla Parishad seats, respectively.

Counting of votes for elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis began at 10 a.m.

While there was no official confirmation from the State Election Commission, TV channels reported that the BJP has established a lead in 200 out of 731 seats and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in 137 seats of Zilla Parishads till 2 p.m.

The NCP is ahead in 120 seats, Congress 46, Shiv Sena (UBT) 33, NCP (SP) 13, and others in 29.

The polls were held on Saturday in 12 Zilla Parishads — Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Kolhapur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani, Dharashiv and Latur — to elect 731 members along with 1,462 seats in 125 Panchayat Samitis under their jurisdiction.

A total of 2,624 candidates contested the Zilla Parishad polls, and 4,814 candidates were in the fray for the Panchayat Samiti elections.

The results are expected to shape the future course for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions of late Ajit Pawar and party founder Sharad Pawar.

The two factions had set aside their bitter two-year rivalry to contest these local body polls in an informal alliance in Pune, Satara, Solapur, and Sangli, where candidates from both sides contested under the original ‘clock’ symbol.