Key Highlights
- The undivided Shiv Sena had governed the civic body continuously for 25 years since 1997.
- Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) won 65 seats, Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena secured six, and the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party won one.
- ADVERTISEMENT Among other parties, the Congress won 24 seats, AIMIM eight, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP three, and the Samajwadi Party two.
- Two independent candidates were also elected in the high-profile polls, which were held after a nine-year gap.
- In the 2017 elections, the undivided Shiv Sena emerged as the single-largest party with 84 seats, followed by the BJP with 82, while the Congress won 21, NCP nine, MNS seven, the Samajwadi Party six, AIMIM two, Akhil Bharatiya Sena one, and others five.
