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  Maharashtra: Which party or alliance held power in 27 municipal corporations including the BMC?

  Maharashtra | January 16, 2026 6:25 IST

  Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Elections: During the previous civic polls spanning 2017-2022, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alongside its allied Shiv Sena controlled 15 out of Maharashtra's 27 municipal corporations.

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  BMC polls: BJP–Shinde Sena agree on 200 seats, talks on remaining 27 underway; announcement soon

  Maharashtra | December 24, 2025 23:48 IST

  Polling for the 227 corporator-seats in India's biggest and richest civic body will be held on January 15 from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm, and votes will be counted the next day. The filing of nomination papers began on December 23 as per the schedule announced by the State Election Commission.

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  Maharashtra minister confident of Shiv Sena-BJP joining hands in BMC

  Politics | March 03, 2017 14:38 IST

  Today, a crucial meeting of the state BJP core committee will be held here where the party is expected to decide its strategy for the mayoral poll.

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  BMC polls: In fight for numbers, support for BJP from underworld don Arun Gawli’s daughter

  Politics | March 03, 2017 14:01 IST

  Underworld don Arun Gawli’s daughter Geeta, who won the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections from Byculla seat, has extended her support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), taking the toll of corporators to 83 in 227-member House.

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  BMC polls: 'Hindutva' Shiv Sena our 'true well wisher,' say winner Muslim candidates

  Politics | February 26, 2017 14:57 IST

  Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has managed to make inroads in city's two Muslim pockets with the winning candidates calling the saffron party as their true well wisher.

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  Sena approaches Cong for pact to rule BMC, party says 'not interested'

  Politics | February 25, 2017 7:08 IST

  According to reports, Shiv Sena has approached the Congress for an alliance to rule BMC but the later evinced no interest.

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  Referendum on notes ban? BMC verdict shows it had little effect on India’s financial capital

  Politics | February 24, 2017 12:49 IST

  The run up to the elections for Maharashtra’s civic bodies saw the political spectrum abuzz with statements projecting the polls as a referendum on the Centre’s move to demonetize high-value currency notes.

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  BJP triumphs in Maha civic polls, neck-to-neck with Sena in BMC; Cong loses big

  Politics | February 24, 2017 10:37 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena on Thursday finished neck-to-neck and were engaged in a tussle on Thursday to control India's richest and biggest civic body, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation.

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  Stars favour BJP in BMC polls: Candidate wins through lottery after tie with Shiv Sena rival

  Politics | February 23, 2017 23:57 IST

  In the end BJP's Atul Shah had the distinction of getting elected through a lottery against Shiv Sena rival Surendra Bagalkar.

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  BJP won elections through malpractice, not merit: Ashok Chavan

  Politics | February 23, 2017 23:30 IST

  Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan on Thursday attributed BJP's success in the civic bodies elections to its malpractice rather than merit.

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  BMC results 2017: Uddhav beats Raj, but Matoshree still away from regaining its political clout

  Politics | February 24, 2017 11:46 IST

  When Uddhav Thackeray was appointed as the working president of Shiv Sena in January 2003, he largely came across as another reluctant politician who buckled under the pressure of family legacy to join politics. His

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  Shiv Sena will retain Mumbai Mayor's post, even next Maha CM will be ours: Uddhav Thackeray

  Politics | February 23, 2017 21:17 IST

  Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today exuded confidence that the party will retain the coveted Mayor's post.

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  BJP’s huge victory in civic polls on agenda of transparency: Fadnavis

  Politics | February 23, 2017 21:41 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said BJP's huge victory in BMC and other civic bodies was achieved on the agenda of transparency.