2025–26 Maharashtra local elections

2025–26 Maharashtra Local Body election

2 Dec 2025 - 15 Jan 2026[1]

29 Municipal Corporations 246 Municipal Councils and 42 Nagar Panchayats
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Devendra Fadnavis Eknath Shinde Harshwardhan Sapkal
Party BJP SS INC
Alliance MY MY
Seats won 4,507 1,358 1,176

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NCP (SP)
Leader Ajit Pawar Uddhav Thackeray Sharad Pawar
Party NCP SS(UBT) NCP-SP
Alliance MY
Seats won 927 576 330

Local elections were held in Maharashtra in multiple phases, for the 246 municipal councils and 46 Nagar Panchayat, results announced on 21 Dec 2025 day after each round of voting. The first phase took place on December 2, and 29 Municipal Corporations voted on 15 January 2026. The Bharatiya Janata Party led Maha Yuti alliance won a landslide victory in these elections with the BJP itself securing 3091 seats of the 6859 seats in the ward members of the municipal council and nagar panchayats. BJP also won 117 of the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayat chairpersons post on its own. Additionally BJP did well in the municipal corporation election as it won most mayor positions along with 1441 of the 2869 ward members post, more than 50% of the seats. Its allies Shiv Sena (Shinde) and Nationalist Congress Party also performed well with Shiv Sena bagging 53 chairperson and NCP winning 37. SS (Shinde) won in 961 wards in municipal councils and nagar panchayats and NCP won in 760 wards in municipal council and nagar panchayat. The election was therefore, a dominant performance of the ruling Maha Yuti alliance.

Background

Across 246 Municipal Councils and 42 Municipal Panchayats, the total number of members was 5739. Overall the election was a dominant performance for the ruling Maha Yuti alliance.

Schedule

Municipal Corporation Election

Poll Event Schedule[2]
Notification 15 December 2025
Last Date for filing nomination 30 December 2025
Scrutiny of Nominations 31 December 2025
Withdrawal of Candidature 2 January 2026
Date of Poll 15 January 2026
Date of Counting 16 January 2026

Result

Party wise results

Party Municipal corporations Municipal councils/ Nagar Panchayats
Mayor Member Chairperson Member
BJP 20 1416 117 3091
SS 3 397 53 961
NCP 1 160 37 760
INC 1 324 28 852
SS(UBT) 1 153 9 423
NCP(SP) 0 36 7 294
Others 3 37 477
Total 29[3] 2869 288[4] 6859

Municipal Corporations

Corporation Party won Seats composition
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Total seats (227)
Bharatiya Janata Party
  •   BJP (89)
  •   SS(UBT) (65)
  •   SHS (29)
  •   INC (24)
  •   AIMIM (8)
  •   MNS (6)
  •   NCP (3)
  •   SP (2)
  •   NCP-SP (1)
Thane Municipal Corporation
Total seats (131)
Shiv Sena
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
Total seats (78)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
Total seats (122)
Shiv Sena
Aurangabad Municipal Corporation
Total seats (115)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (75)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation
Total seats (68)
Nationalist Congress Party
Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
Total seats (81)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (90)
Independent politician[a]
  •   INC (30)
  •   BJP (22)
  •   SHS (12)
  •   NCP-SP (12)
  •   SP (6)
  •   KVA (4)
  •   BVA(EM) (3)
  •   IND (1)
Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (81)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Malegaon Municipal Corporation
Total seats (84)
Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra
Latur City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (70)
Indian National Congress
Parbhani City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (65)
Shiv Sena
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Total seats (111)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (115)
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi
Pune Municipal Corporation
Total seats (165)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Nagpur Municipal Corporation
Total seats (151)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
Total seats (128)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Nashik Municipal Corporation
Total seats (122)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Solapur Municipal Corporation
Total seats (102)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Amravati Municipal Corporation
Total seats (87)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Akola Municipal Corporation
Total seats (80)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation
Total seats (96)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Panvel Municipal Corporation
Total seats (78)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Chandrapur City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (66)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation
Total seats (78)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Dhule Municipal Corporation
Total seats (74)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation
Total seats (76)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Jalna City Municipal Corporation
Total seats (65)
Bharatiya Janata Party

Notes

  1. ^ BJP rebel

References

  1. ^ "Maharashtra local body election 2025: Full schedule, voting timings and FAQS". India Today. 2025-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  2. ^ "Polls for BMC, 28 other municipal corporations on Jan. 15, vote count on Jan. 16". The Hindu. 15 December 2025. Archived from the original on 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Urban sweep: BJP captures 20 of 28 mayoral posts across Maharashtra". The Indian Express. 2026-02-17. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Local Body Election Results 2025 Live Updates: Mahayuti wins 207 of 288 municipal presidents; BJP bags 117 posts". The Indian Express. 2025-12-22. Retrieved 2025-12-22.