BMC Election Results Today: Mahayuti Eyes Majority in Asia's Richest Civic Body
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News18•16-01-2026, 10:19
BMC Election Results Today: Mahayuti Eyes Majority in Asia's Richest Civic Body
- •Vote counting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections began today at 10 am across 23 centres in Mumbai.
- •The majority mark to control the 227-seat BMC is 114 seats, with a high-stakes battle between BJP-led Mahayuti and the Thackeray front.
- •Exit polls project the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance (BJP and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena) to secure a comfortable majority, with projections ranging from 119 to 138 seats.
- •The Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS bloc, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, is projected to fall short of the majority, with estimates between 59 and 75 seats.
- •Voter turnout for the BMC polls was 52.94 per cent, slightly lower than the 55.53 per cent recorded in 2017.
Why It Matters: Mahayuti is projected to win the BMC elections, crossing the 114-seat majority mark.
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