Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026: BJP takes decisive lead

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday congratulated Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde as well as party workers as trends showed the BJP-Shiv Sena were set to win comfortably in most of the 29 municipal corporations where votes are being counted, including the country's financial capital Mumbai.

BJP takes decisive lead in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Election Results, ahead on 66 seats. Shiv Sena (S) leading on 42 seats.

BJP - 66
Shiv Sena (S) - 42
Shiv Sena (UBT) - 2
MNS - 1

Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday said the BJP was heading towards a majority in the Maharashtra civic polls and expressed confidence that the party-led Mahayuti coalition would secure a two-thirds mark.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken a decisive lead in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Election Results and is ahead on 66 seats. 

BJP - 66
Congress - 0
Shiv Sena (S) - 24
Shiv Sena (UBT) - 1
NCP- 0

Exit polls have predicted a sweep for the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the elections to 29 municipal corporations held on Thursday. 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.

Elections to the 29 municipal corporations were held after several years, with most of their terms having ended between 2020 and 2023. Of these, nine fall in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the most urbanised belt in India.

BJP maintains lead in early trends and is ahead in 27 seats in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, while the Shiv Sena (S) is leading in 25 seats.

BJP - 27
Congress - 0
Shiv Sena (S) - 25
Shiv Sena (UBT) - 0

In a significant political turn of events ahead of the elections, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray reunited last month even as rival NCP factions forged a local alliance in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Early trends indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 22 seats and the Shiv Sena (S) in 25 seats in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.

BJP - 22
Congress - 0
Shiv Sena (S) - 25
Shiv Sena (UBT) - 0
NCP- 0

These were the first BMC polls since the 2022 split in the Shiv Sena when Eknath Shinde, now Deputy Chief Minister, broke away with a majority of the party's MLAs and allied with the BJP to become the chief minister.

In early trends, Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party are leading on two seats each. The BJP-led Mahayuti bloc is locked in a prestige battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India's richest civic body.

A fierce battle is expected between the Bharatiya Janata Party, NCP and Congress at the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The voting is underway and counting of postal votes are being done. 

Counting of postal votes for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Election 2026 is underway. Post this, the counting of electronic voting machines (EVMs) will begin. 

This time, the main contest was between candidates of the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi alliances. The ruling Mahayuti alliance comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar).

The election cycle for Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation commenced with the nomination process on December 23, followed by a tight one-week window for candidates to submit their applications by December 30. Nominations were scrutinised on December 31, and candidates had a final opportunity to withdraw their applications by January 2, 2026. The process culminates in the voting phase on January 15, and vote counting is scheduled for today. 

The final outcome of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) election is expected to be declared later in the day. While most of the trends will be out by the afternoon, final outcome may take some time. All political parties have deployed teams at counting centres to monitor every round closely.  

In 2015, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 52 seats and Shiv Sena grabbed 38 seats. While the Congress secured 10 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 6. 

Counting of votes for 29 municipal corporations in the state, including Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), is set to start at 10 am. The elections were held on January 15, 2026. There were a total of 39,000 polling stations set up to cover 2,869 seats in the state.