The final results of the Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) Municipal Corporation elections have confirmed a decisive outcome, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party and crossing the majority mark. The BJP has secured 57 seats in the 115-member civic body, giving it the numbers required to elect the mayor independently and form the municipal leadership on its own.
AIMIM has emerged as the second-largest party, winning 33 seats and registering a strong performance across several wards. The Shiv Sena finished with 13 seats, while the Shiv Sena (UBT) secured six seats. The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi won four seats, while the Congress and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) managed to win one seat each. The NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) failed to open its account in the final tally.
The results reflect a clear mandate in favour of the BJP, while also underlining AIMIM’s continued influence in the city’s civic politics. With the final seat distribution now confirmed, attention will shift to the formation of the municipal administration and the BJP’s agenda for governance and development in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar over the next term.
Looking back: 2015 Municipal Elections
The last municipal elections in Aurangabad (now Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) were held in 2015, when voters elected representatives to all 115 seats of the municipal corporation.
In those elections, the Shiv Sena emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats, followed by AIMIM with 25 seats, marking a significant rise in the city’s local political landscape. The BJP secured 22 seats, while the Congress won 10 seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party won five seats, and the NCP won three seats, while independents and other candidates together accounted for 22 seats.
Although no single party crossed the majority mark in 2015, the Shiv Sena and BJP together had a combined strength of 50 seats, allowing them to exercise control over the civic body. The outcome reflected a fragmented mandate, with AIMIM emerging as a strong opposition force.
Voter turnout in 2015
Voter turnout in the 2015 Aurangabad Municipal Corporation elections stood at 58.21 per cent, according to official data. A total of 4,01,318 votes were polled out of 6,89,392 registered voters, a turnout considered relatively high compared to several other urban civic bodies during that election cycle.
Counting in the 2026 civic polls is still underway, and the final picture will emerge once results for all wards are declared.
