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 EventScheduleNotification 15 December 2025 Last Date for filing nomination30 December 2025 Scrutiny of Nominations31 December 2025 Withdrawal of Candidature2 January 2026 Date of Poll15 January 2026 Date of Counting16 January 2026
Result Party wise results PartyMunicipal corporations Municipal councils/ Nagar PanchayatsMayorMember ChairpersonMember BJP 2014161173091SS339753961NCP116037760INC132428852SS(UBT)11539423NCP(SP)0367294Others337477Total 2928692886859
Municipal Corporations Corporation Party won Seats composition Brihanmumbai Municipal CorporationTotal seats (227) BJP (89)
SHS (29)Thane Municipal CorporationTotal seats (131) SHS (75) BJP (28)Ulhasnagar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (78) BJP (37) SHS (36)
SAI (1)Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal CorporationTotal seats (122) SHS (53) BJP (50)Aurangabad Municipal CorporationTotal seats (115) BJP (58)
SHS (12)Jalgaon City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (75) BJP (46) SHS (22)Ahmednagar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (68) BJP (25) SHS (10)Kolhapur Municipal CorporationTotal seats (81) BJP (26) SHS (15)Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (90) BJP (22) SHS (12)
KVA (4) BVA(EM) (3)Nanded-Waghala City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (81) BJP (45)
VBA (5) SS (4)
Malegaon Municipal CorporationTotal seats (84) SHS (18)Latur City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (70) VBA (4) BJP (22)Parbhani City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (65) BJP (12)
JSS (3) YS (1)Navi Mumbai Municipal CorporationTotal seats (111) BJP (65) SHS (42)
Vasai-Virar City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (115) BVA (70) BJP (43) SHS (1)Pune Municipal CorporationTotal seats (165) BJP (119)Nagpur Municipal CorporationTotal seats (151) BJP (102)
SHS (1)Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal CorporationTotal seats (128) BJP (84)
SHS (6)Nashik Municipal CorporationTotal seats (122) BJP (72) SHS (26)Solapur Municipal CorporationTotal seats (102) BJP (87)
SHS (4)Amravati Municipal CorporationTotal seats (87) BJP (25) RYSP (15)
SHS (3)Akola Municipal CorporationTotal seats (80) BJP (38) SHS (1)
Akola Vikas Samiti (1)Mira-Bhayandar Municipal CorporationTotal seats (96) BJP (78) SHS (3)
Panvel Municipal CorporationTotal seats (78) BJP (46) SHS (5)
PWPI (15)
Chandrapur City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (66) BJP (23)
JVS (3)
SHS (1)Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal CorporationTotal seats (78)Dhule Municipal CorporationTotal seats (74)
Ichalkaranji Municipal CorporationTotal seats (76) BJP (43) SHS (3)Jalna City Municipal CorporationTotal seats (65) BJP (41) SHS (12)
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