The Congress has emerged as the single largest party in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) elections 2026, securing 30 seats as the final results were declared on Friday (January 16). In the 90-member civic body, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22 seats, while the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won 12 seats. The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) also put up a strong show, securing 12 seats. Meanwhile, other parties and independent candidates together accounted for 14 seats. The elections to the BNMC were held on January 15 as part of the civic polls across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. While the Congress fell short of an outright majority, its position as the single largest party places it at the centre of post-poll negotiations. There were 6,69,033 registered voters in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur seat. Of these, 3,80,623 were men and 2,88,097 women. The last municipal elections in Bhiwandi-Nizampur were held on May 24, 2017, when voters elected representatives to 90 seats.