Live Pune Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Election Results LIVE: Ajit Pawar's NCP takes early lead on 7 seats

Shiv Sena-UBT is ahead with 1 seat as per early trends in Pune ZP. Lat time, NCP dominated with 44 seats, Shiv Sena took 13, BJP and Congress 7 each, independents 2; BSP/CPI/CPI(M)/MNS scored zero. This underscored NCP's rural stronghold in Pune ZP.

Of 731 ZP seats, 369 were reserved for women, 83 for Scheduled Castes (SCs), 25 for Scheduled Tribes (STs), and 191 for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), with 2,624 candidates contesting these. For 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats, 731 go to women, 166 to SCs, 38 to STs, and 342 to OBCs, drawing 4,814 contenders.

Pune Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Election Results: As per early trends, NCP took early lead on six seats in Pune zilla parishad election results. 

Ajit Pawar's NCP took early lead on around 5 seats and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead with 2 seats in zilla parishad election results today. 

The NCP took lead on four seats in Pune as per early trends. 

Reservation breakdown

Of 731 ZP seats, 369 were reserved for women, 83 for Scheduled Castes (SCs), 25 for Scheduled Tribes (STs), and 191 for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), with 2,624 candidates contesting these. For 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats, 731 go to women, 166 to SCs, 38 to STs, and 342 to OBCs, drawing 4,814 contenders.

A total of 7,438 candidates contested for 731 Zilla Parishad seats and 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats in districts including Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Kolhapur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani, Dharashiv, and Latur. Voters- 1.06 crore men, 1.02 crore women, and 468 others- cast two votes each: white ballot unit for ZP, pink for Panchayat Samiti.

The Ajit Pawar led NCP leads in postal voting in North Pune district. Elections for 12 Zilla Parishads (ZPs) and 125 Panchayat Samitis across Maharashtra took place on Saturday, marking the first such polls since 2022. 

After Ajit Pawar’s demise, the elections are being viewed as a 'litmus test' for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions. The groups contested in alliance in several strongholds, especially in the area of western Maharashtra, making the results crucial for assessing grassroots support after the leadership loss.

Elections for 12 Zilla Parishads (ZPs) and 125 Panchayat Samitis across Maharashtra took place on Saturday, marking the first such polls since 2022. The State Election Commission (SEC) deployed police and 1.28 lakh personnel, including 125 returning officers, across 25,471 polling stations to ensure smooth conduct. Originally set for February 5, voting was deferred due to the January 28 air crash death of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and three days of state mourning.

The counting of votes commences at 10:00 am for Maharashtra's rural local body elections on Monday (February 9) for 12 Zilla Parishads (ZPs) and 125 Panchayat Samitis which took place on February 7 (Saturday), marking the revival of polls dormant since early 2017 in key areas like Pune. 

Pune Zilla Parishad Election Results in 2017:

Total Seats: 75

• Nationalist Congress Party (NCP): 44
• Shiv Sena: 13
• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 7
• Congress: 7
• Independents and others: 4

In December 2025, the Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP swept the elections to 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, winning 207 posts of presidents in the local bodies. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was restricted to a collective tally of 44. The BJP continued its winning streak in the civic polls to 29 municipal corporations held in January 2026, emerging as the single largest party.

Voters casted two votes- one for the Zilla Parishad constituency and another for the Panchayat Samiti electoral division. White ballot papers were used for Zilla Parishad elections, while pink ballot papers were used for Panchayat Samiti elections.

In the 2017 District Council elections, the Nationalist Congress Party party secured first place with 44 seats. It was followed by Shiv Sena , which finished second with 13 seats.Considering the Pune District Council, in the previous 2017 elections, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) party emerged victorious. Following the election, Vishwas aka Nana Devkate was elected as the District Council President, while Vivek Walse-Patil from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) party was elected as Vice-President.

NCP swept 78 seats, Shiv Sena 32, BJP 17, Congress 16, independents 4, others 2; BSP/CPI/CPI(M)/MNS nil. NCP's control set a high bar for today's decade-delayed battles.

Pune's 13 samitis (Junnar, Ambegaon, Shirur, Khed, Maval, Mulshi, Haveli, Daund, Purandar, Velhe, Bhor, Baramati, Indapur) contested 150 seats in 2017.

NCP dominated with 44 seats, Shiv Sena took 13, BJP and Congress 7 each, independents 2; BSP/CPI/CPI(M)/MNS scored zero. This underscored NCP's rural stronghold in Pune ZP.

Pune Zilla Parishad's last elections were on February 21, 2017 which covered 75 seats (38 reserved for women) amid a 2021 census population of 38.47 lakh (SCs: 3.82 lakh; STs: 2.61 lakh). Turnout hit 70.35 per cent with 30.04 lakh voters (15.76 lakh men, 14.27 lakh women, 12 others), casting 21.13 lakh votes.

Elections for 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis took place across Maharashtra on February 7- the first since 2022 and reviving polls dormant since 2017 in areas like Satara ZP and Pune Division. Originally set for February 5, voting was postponed due to Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's January 28 air crash death and state mourning. SEC deployed 1.28 lakh personnel, police, and 125 returning officers at 25,471 polling stations for seamless conduct.