The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance registered a resounding victory in the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections 2026, securing a massive mandate as the final results were declared on Friday (January 16). Out of the 75 wards in the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine clinched 68 seats, comfortably crossing the majority mark and consolidating its dominance in north Maharashtra's key urban centre.
According to the final tally, the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 46 seats, while the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won 22 seats. Together, the two allies swept the civic body, leaving little room for the opposition. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) managed to secure 5 seats, while the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 1 seat. Other parties and independents accounted for the remaining one seat.
Jalgaon Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026
- BJP: 46
- Shiv Sena: 22
- Shiv Sena (UBT): 5
- NCP: 1
- Others: 1
Jalgaon Municipal Corporation elections voter turnout
A voter turnout of 54.77 per cent was recorded in the elections held for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. Jalgaon recorded a voter turnout of 53.60 per cent, according to data shared by the State Election Commission.
Polling for the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation was held on Thursday, January 15, along with elections to 28 other municipal corporations in the state. The civic body has 75 wards, and the election was conducted to choose corporators for all of them.
The 29 municipal corporations include Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Thane, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar (Ahilyanagar), Kolhapur, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Nanded-Waghala, Malegaon, Latur, Parbhani, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar City, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Mira Bhayandar, Panvel, Chandrapur, Sangli-Mirajpur-Kupwad, Dhule, Ichalkaranji, and Jalna.
Jalgaon has a total of 4,38,523 registered voters, comprising 2,25,308 men, 2,13,177 women, and 38 transgender voters. Of the total 75 seats, 38 were reserved for women candidates. Category-wise, 46 seats were earmarked for the general category, five for Scheduled Castes, four for Scheduled Tribes, and 20 for Backward Class Categories (BCC).
Jalgaon Municipal Corporation demographic profile
According to the 2011 Census, the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation had a population of 4,60,228. The city recorded 2,40,590 males and 2,19,638 females, resulting in a sex ratio of 913 females per 1,000 males. Jalgaon reported a high literacy rate of 87.28 per cent, with male literacy marginally higher than female literacy. Children in the 0–6 age group accounted for 11.53 per cent of the total population. The city also has a significant Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population, highlighting its socially diverse demographic composition within Maharashtra.
What happened in the 2018 elections?
The last municipal elections in Jalgaon were held on August 8, 2018, when voters elected representatives to 75 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party, winning 57 seats, followed by the Shiv Sena with 13seats. The AIMIM won three seats while independents and other candidates accounted for the remaining two seats. In terms of vote share in 2018, the BJP got 47.61 per cent of the votes polled, followed by the Shiv Sena at 32.01 per cent. The NCP received 6.39 per cent, the Congress 1.11 per cent, CPI (M) got 0.06 per cent, and the BSP 0.11 per cent of the total votes.
Voter turnout in the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation elections stood at 55.72 per cent, with a total of 2,03,407 votes cast. There were 3,65,072 voters in the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation during the 2018 elections. Out of this, 1,93,409 were male, and 1,71,637 were female voters. Two voters belonged to the third gender.
