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  Mumbai: Fadnavis, Shinde to hold meet soon as deadlock over BMC mayor drags on

  Maharashtra | January 26, 2026 17:09 IST

  The 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 | January 22, 2026 13:40 IST

  Mumbai 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 | January 21, 2026 17:55 IST

  In 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 | January 21, 2026 14:57 IST

  Pednekar'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 | January 20, 2026 15:37 IST

  BMC 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 | January 20, 2026 6:44 IST

  In 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 | January 19, 2026 12:02 IST

  The 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 | January 19, 2026 10:54 IST

  The 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 | January 18, 2026 23:42 IST

  BMC 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 | January 17, 2026 23:36 IST

  BMC 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 | January 17, 2026 17:00 IST

  BMC 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 | January 17, 2026 16:23 IST

  BMC 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 | January 17, 2026 6:43 IST

  Maharashtra 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 | January 16, 2026 23:28 IST

  Maharashtra 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 | January 16, 2026 23:29 IST

  Maharashtra 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 | January 16, 2026 23:15 IST

  BMC 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 | January 17, 2026 8:44 IST

  Nagpur 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 | January 17, 2026 12:51 IST

  Kolhapur 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.

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  BMC Election Results 2026: Complete list of ward and party-wise winners

  Maharashtra | January 19, 2026 14:11 IST

  BMC Election Results 2026: The polling was held on January 15 to elect corporators across all 227 wards. Scroll down to check the complete list of ward and party-wise winners.

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  Nagpur Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026: BJP marks solid control with 102 seats victory

  Maharashtra | January 17, 2026 9:06 IST

  Nagpur Municipal Corporation Election Results: Mahayuti alliance- BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP (Ajit Pawar)- presented a united front after contesting BJP on 143 seats and Shiv Sena on 8 where saffron party clinched 102 seats.