Maharashtra Civic Body Election Results LIVE| Mahayuti takes very early lead in Mumbai: TV reports  

Maharashtra Civic Body Election Results LIVE| Mahayuti takes very early lead in Mumbai: TV reports  

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Maharashtra : Counting of votes for the high-stakes elections to Maharashtra's 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has begun. The state election commission will announced the Maharashtra elections result today, a day after the state's 2,869 seats across 893 wards went to polls on January 15.

Some of the key municipal corporations to watch are Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayandar, Ulhasnagar and Navi Mumbai, among others.

The elections have drawn significant attention this time due to shifting political alliances, with former allies splitting and rivals joining hands for the contest. The once-estranged Thackeray cousins, Raj and Uddhav, who ended their rivalry last June, have united for the civic body polls in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar is also contesting with Sharad Pawar's NCP faction in two seats—Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

A quick round-up of what happened on polling day:

Which 29 civic bodies voted

One of the most prominent municipal corporations in the contest was Mumbai's BMC. Apart from it, other civic bodies in the fray were 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.

Highest voter turnout in Kolhapur, 41% in BMC

Polling began at 7:30 am and lasted till 5:30 pm on Thursday. While official data on the final voter turnout is still awaited, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare reportedly said that the turnout in the 29 civic bodies was in the 46-50% range. By 3:30 pm, the highest turnout was recorded in Kolhapur at 50.85%, followed by Parbhani, Thane, Vasai-Virar and Panvel, among others.

Erasable ink allegations surface

As Maharashtra voted in elections to the 29 municipal corporations on Thursday, allegations of the use of marker pens or “erasable ink” surfaced, with people claiming they could wipe the ink off using hand sanitisers.

“Perhaps this is the first election where so many complaints are coming in that the ink applied is coming off immediately. There is collusion between the Election Commission and the ruling party. Many irregularities are happening,” Uddhav Thackeray was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

What exit polls predicted

Several exit polls predictions favoured the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to win most of the seats in the BMC polls. In terms of seat share, the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance is projected to win 131–151 seats, the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS–NCP (SP) alliance 58–68 seats, the Congress–VBA–RSP alliance 12–16 seats, and others 6–12 seats, according to Axis My India.

A similar prediction was made by JVC, which projected the BJP-led alliance to win at least 138 seats.

Follow all the updates here:

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Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: The counting of votes of Maharashtra's municipal corporation elections will begin shortly, scheduled for 10 am. The counting for postal ballots in Mumbai's BMC began at 9 am this morning. Apart from the BMC, some other civic bodies in the contest are Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Chandrapur, Parbhani, Mira-Bhayandar, Nanded-Waghala and Panvel, among others.

Jan 16, 2026 9:37:19 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: AIMIM confident of big BMC win ahead of results

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) National Spokesperson Waris Pathan on Thursday expressed confidence about his party's prospects in the civic body elections in Mumbai. Reacting to exit polls predicting a clean sweep for the BJP-led Mahayuti, Pathan said they were merely projections and not accurate.

“It's happened many times before that something was shown in the poll, and in the end, it turned out to be something else. Tomorrow is the vote counting, so tomorrow the results will come out. By tomorrow evening, everything will be clear. Who won, who lost, everything will be known... We are confident that the people have blessed us with their votes... We will achieve great success…,” Pathan was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Jan 16, 2026 9:28:21 AM IST

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Jan 16, 2026 9:17:04 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Maharashtra minister finds name missing from voters’ list in Navi Mumbai

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Maharashtra forest minister Ganesh Naik reached a polling station in Vashi on Thursday but was left hunting for a polling booth after he found his name missing in the voters' list for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) elections.

“R F Naik school is where we have always voted. Last time I was asked to vote at NMMC CBSE School 94. This time, when we came to NMMC school, we were asked to vote at St Mary’s school. When we went there, there was no room number nine. We came back to the CBSE school, but our names were not there either. We then returned to St Mary’s, where room number nine was finally opened and we were able to vote,” Naik told reporters.

Jan 16, 2026 9:12:49 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: How much was the voter turnout in BMC?

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Nearly 53% voter turnout was recorded in Mumbai BMC on Thursday, slightly lower than the 55.53% turnout in last elections in 2017, reported news agency PTI.

Jan 16, 2026 9:04:45 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Clean sweep for Mahayuti in BMC polls, predict exit polls

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is poised for a clean sweep in Mumbai's BMC, several exit poll projections showed on Thursday after voting concluded at 5:30 pm. According to Axis My India, the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance is projected to win 131–151 seats, the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS–NCP (SP) alliance 58–68 seats, the Congress–VBA–RSP alliance 12–16 seats, and others 6–12 seats.

Meanwhile, the Sakal exit poll also favoured the ruling alliance with 119 seats, while projecting 75 seats for Uddhav's Shiv Sena, NCP (SP) and MNS.