Updated: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:53 (IST) BJP performed brilliantly in the Maharashtra Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections. BJP maintained its dominance in these elections while Shiv Sena (UBT) … read more BJP’s dominance in Maharashtra Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections. State Bureau, Mumbai. In Maharashtra, BJP once again proved its strength by making its city president win in 129 seats. Among BJP’s allies, 57 from Shiv Sena and 37 from NCP could become city presidents. In the opposition alliance Mahavikas Aghadi, the Congress got its city presidents from 30 seats. Remove Advertisement Only Read News Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) get only 10 posts of city president. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called it the victory of ‘Team BJP’. In the first phase of local elections in Maharashtra, election results for 246 municipal councils and 42 Nagar Panchayats were declared on Sunday. Elections to the Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayats were held on December 2 and 20. In the election results, it appears that BJP is far ahead of its allies and rivals. While this seems to increase his statewide strength, it also reaffirmed the political skills of Chief Minister Fadnavis. Some city presidents of BJP were elected unopposed in the beginning itself. The Congress lagged behind. BJP was successful in getting more than double the city presidents elected than its ally Shiv Sena and three times more than the NCP, while the Congress lagged far behind. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) was almost wiped out. This once again confirms the influence of Shiv Sena of Deputy Chief Minister Shinde. Second Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was also successful in handing his uncle Sharad Pawar a sound defeat. The flag of his party NCP was hoisted at 37 places, including his hometown Baramati. Cousin sister Supriya Sule became MP by defeating his wife in Lok Sabha election from Baramati. According to ANI, elections for 17 local bodies were held in Pune and Mahavikas Aghadi could not even open his account. These election results also gave a glimpse of the possible results of the elections to be held in 29 municipal corporations of the state, including Mumbai, Thane, to be held on January 15. The last hope of Shiv Sena (UBT) rests on Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray also forgot his long-standing rift with his cousin Raj Thackeray to win the BMC elections. Shiv Sena (Undivided) has been in control of BMC for almost 30 years. Opposition accepts defeat, blames EVMs According to PTI, the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) have accepted defeat in the Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats elections and accused the Election Commission of helping the ruling Mahayuti in victory. The opposition also blamed the defeat on the power of money and EVMs. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said that the BJP set the machines in the same way as it happened in the assembly elections. There was a hailstorm of money and no one could handle it. This is the victory of the “terror of power”.