Bmc Elections 2026
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Meet Ritu Tawde: BJP leader elected BMC mayor, a first for saffron party after 40 years
Maharashtra | Feb 11, 2026, 12:51 PM ISTBMC mayoral elections 2026: BJP corporator Ritu Tawde is set to become the next mayor of Mumbai. She represents the ward number 132 in India's financial capital.
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BMC mayoral elections 2026: BJP to announce mayor candidate tomorrow, say sources
Maharashtra | Feb 06, 2026, 04:06 PM ISTBMC mayoral elections 2026: Under the power sharing agreement in the Mahayuti, the BJP will be the mayor's position, while the Shiv Sena will be given the deputy mayor's post.
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Mumbai: Fadnavis, Shinde to hold meet soon as deadlock over BMC mayor drags on
Maharashtra | Jan 26, 2026, 05:09 PM ISTThe polling for the BMC elections was held on January 15 and the results were declared on January 16, with the BJP emerging as the single-largest party with 89 seats. The Shiv Sena won 29 seats, and together, they have 118 councillors, four more than the majority mark of 114.
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Mumbai Mayor: BMC to have woman mayor from General category as lottery process over
Maharashtra | Jan 22, 2026, 01:40 PM ISTMumbai will get a General category woman as mayor after the BMC reservation lottery released its results. The Uddhav Thackeray faction boycotted the process, alleging irregularities and questioning the rotation pattern.
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'They have to go to Delhi for Mumbai mayor': Sanjay Raut targets Shinde amid BMC power struggle
Maharashtra | Jan 21, 2026, 05:55 PM ISTIn the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the BJP–Sena Yuti crossed the majority mark with 118 seats. Shiv Sena (UBT) won 65 seats, while the MNS secured six.
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Kishori Pednekar, former Mayor, elected as Shiv Sena-UBT group leader in BMC
Maharashtra | Jan 21, 2026, 02:57 PM ISTPednekar's appointment unfolds amid a fierce battle for Mumbai's influential mayor position, following the BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) alliance's recent sweep that shattered the Thackeray family's three-decade grip on India's wealthiest civic body.
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BMC mayoral election likely on January 30, BJP expected to secure post
Maharashtra | Jan 20, 2026, 03:37 PM ISTBMC mayor election: Sources indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is unlikely to offer the mayor’s post to the Shinde faction.
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Mumbai Mayor race: How can Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena still claim BMC's top post? | Explained
Maharashtra | Jan 20, 2026, 06:44 AM ISTIn Mumbai, the BJP has emerged as the largest single party in the elections held on January 15, winning 89 of the total 227 seats in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), wresting control of the country's richest civic body from the Thackerays after nearly 30 years.
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Mumbai Mayor race: Uddhav Thackeray camp may spring a surprise to weaken Shinde's bargaining power
Maharashtra | Jan 19, 2026, 12:02 PM ISTThe alliance of the BJP and Shinde-led Sena won a clear majority in the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday, securing 89 and 29 seats, respectively. The Sena (UBT) won 65 seats.
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Shiv Sena demands Mumbai Mayor post for first year; BJP issues directives to corporators
Maharashtra | Jan 19, 2026, 10:54 AM ISTThe alliance of the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won 118 of 227 seats in the the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party was the second largest with 65 seats.
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BMC polls 2026: How numbers stack up as suspense over next Mumbai mayor continues | Explained
Maharashtra | Jan 18, 2026, 11:42 PM ISTBMC elections 2026: The BJP-Shiv Sena combine has a clear numerical edge in the 227-member BMC. The alliance has 118 corporators together, four more than the majority mark of 114. The number rises to 121 if one adds three corporators of Ajit Pawar's NCP.
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Battle for Mumbai mayor heats up: Fadnavis slams Thackeray, Shinde Sena moves corporators to hotel
Maharashtra | Jan 17, 2026, 11:36 PM ISTBMC election results 2026: The sources said that the procedure to elect the new mayor will likely take over a week of time, as the senior BJP and Shinde Sena leaders will hold meetings and discussions with each other.
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Resort politics returns to Mumbai as Shinde Sena moves corporators to Bandra hotel
Maharashtra | Jan 17, 2026, 05:00 PM ISTBMC elections 2026: According to sources, all the 29 corporators of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena will at Taj Lands End, a five-star hotel in Mumbai's Bandra, for at least three days.
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'Sena-UBT will install its mayor if...': What Uddhav Thackeray said on BJP's big win in BMC polls
Maharashtra | Jan 17, 2026, 04:23 PM ISTBMC election results 2026: Interacting with party workers at Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray said that the BJP believes it has finished off the Shiv Sena (UBT), but that has not happened.
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Maharashtra civic body polls: BJP+ clinches Mumbai from Thackerays, dominates Pawars in Pune
Maharashtra | Jan 17, 2026, 06:43 AM ISTMaharashtra municipal corporation election results 2026: Apart from the Thackerays, the Maharashtra municipal corporation elections also saw a reunion of the Pawar family for the polling in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. However, their reunion also failed to stop the BJP juggernaut.
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'Will of people is supreme,' says Ajit Pawar as Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra municipal polls
Maharashtra | Jan 16, 2026, 11:28 PM ISTMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar has reacted to the results of the Maharashtra municipal council elections.
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Maharashtra relies a lot on PM Modi: Fadnavis as Mahayuti sweeps civic body polls; hails BJP workers
Maharashtra | Jan 16, 2026, 11:29 PM ISTMaharashtra municipal corporation elections 2026: Addressing BJP workers at party office in Mumbai, he also likened Hindutva with development and said that the two are same thing.
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BMC elections 2026: Thackeray brothers' reunion fails as BJP-Shiv Sena alliance sweeps Mumbai
Maharashtra | Jan 16, 2026, 11:15 PM ISTBMC elections 2026: The Thackeray brothers had reunited after more than 20, an alliance which many considered as the last role of the dice, especially for Uddhav Thackeray, whose party was split following Eknath Shinde's rebellion.
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Nagpur Election Results 2026: Here's complete list of party and ward-wise winners
Maharashtra | Jan 17, 2026, 08:44 AM ISTNagpur Election Results 2026: BJP swept NMC in 2007, 2012, and 2017 (1,135 candidates then for 151 seats: BJP/Congress 150 each, Shiv Sena 122, NCP 100, BSP 107, 500+ Independents; 2012 saw 1,233 for 145).
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Kolhapur Election Results 2026: Full list of party and ward wise winners | Check details
Maharashtra | Jan 17, 2026, 12:51 PM ISTKolhapur Election Results 2026: In elections for 81 total seats, the Mahayuti alliance fields a formidable lineup with BJP contesting 36 seats, Shiv Sena 30, and NCP 15, while MVA counters aggressively through Congress on 75 seats and Shiv Sena (UBT) on 6.