Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra local body polls, wins 207 seats; BJP single-largest party The BJP emerged as the single-largest winner with 117 municipal president posts, followed by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena with 53 and the NCP with 37. AdvertisementThe Mahayuti alliance won 207 posts with the BJP being the single-largest party with 117 of them. (Photo: PTI)India Today News DeskNew Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 21, 2025 23:32 ISTWritten By: Vivek KumarThe ruling Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP recorded a resounding victory in elections to 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, securing 207 posts of municipal presidents on Sunday and leaving the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) reeling with just 44. While the results meant that the Mahayuti alliance was firmly holding sway in the state following last year's Assembly polls, the opposition MVA bloc fell short of winning the people's trust yet again. advertisementFinal results released by the State Election Commission (SEC) late Sunday night showed the BJP emerging as the single-largest winner with 117 municipal president posts, followed by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena with 53 and the NCP with 37. The NCP, a constituent of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, had contested 80 seats for municipal council presidents and won 37. In Pune district, the NCP bagged 10 out of 17 posts of presidents to the municipal councils and nagar panchayats, district election officials said. Among the Opposition parties, the Congress won 28 posts, while the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) secured seven and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena settled with just nine. The state poll panel said parties registered with the commission but not recognised at the state or national level won four posts, while unrecognised registered parties accounted for 28 municipal president positions.
