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Chandrapur Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026: Congress wins with 30 seats, BJP at second
The Chandrapur Municipal Corporation elections have concluded with the Congress securing victory in the 66-member civic body. The BJP followed closely with 26 seats, while the Shiv Sena (UBT) won six seats.
In the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation, the Congress has finished with 30 seats, followed by the BJP with 26 seats. The Shiv Sena (UBT) won six seats, while the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) secured one seat. The VBA also picked up one seat, and other parties and Independents together won two seats, completing the 66-member council.
Elections to the 29 municipal corporations were held after a gap of several years, with terms of most of them having ended between 2020 and 2023. Of these, nine fall in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the most urbanised belt in India.
Voting took place in these municipal corporations: Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Chandrapur, Parbhani, Mira-Bhayandar, Nanded-Waghala, Panvel, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Latur, Malegaon, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, Dhule, Jalna and Ichalkaranji.
The last election of the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation was held in 2017, when voters elected representatives to all 66 seats in the civic body.
In the 2017 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party, winning 36 of the 66 seats. The Indian National Congress secured 12 seats, followed by the Bahujan Samaj Party with 8 seats. The Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena won two seats each, while Independents won three seats, and one seat went to another registered party. The results reflected a strong showing by the BJP, with several parties securing representation in the corporation. Stay tuned for live updates on the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026.