Early leads from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election counting indicate a tight contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)–Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance and other parties.
Preliminary postal ballot data show the alliance leading in around 52 wards, though official figures from the State Election Commission (SEC) and BMC are still awaited.
According to postal ballot counts so far, the BJP leads in 35 seats, while Shiv Sena (UBT) has a lead in 17 seats. For the Thackeray family, the morning brought mixed results: Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading in 22 seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in 8 seats, and Congress in 4 seats, according to the news agency ANI.
The BMC elections, conducted after an eight-year gap, recorded a voter turnout of 52.94 per cent, as per the SEC. Out of 1,03,44,315 registered voters, 54,76,043 cast their votes, including 29,23,433 men, 25,52,359 women, and 251 transgender electors.
The polls, which concluded on Thursday, faced allegations of irregularities from the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS alliance, later dismissed by the SEC. The last BMC elections were held in 2017, and Mumbai is now set to get a new mayor after nearly four years since the term of Kishori Pednekar ended in March 2022.
Exit polls suggest a BJP–Shiv Sena alliance victory, with the Thackeray brothers trailing and Congress failing to make a significant impact. In 2017, the undivided Shiv Sena had won 84 out of 227 seats, with the alliance with BJP securing the halfway mark of 114 seats (BJP: 82 seats).
Thane Municipal Corporation Elections: Total 917,123 voters exercised their right to vote, turnout at fifty-five point five nine per cent
Thane (16 January): According to the voting data for the Thane Municipal Corporation elections held on Thursday, 15 January 2026, a total of fifty-five point five nine per cent voter turnout was recorded, informed Commissioner and Election Officer Saurabh Rao.
Voting took place across 2,013 polling stations in the 33 wards of the Thane Municipal Corporation. Of the total 1,649,869 registered voters in these 33 wards, 863,879 were men, 785,831 were women, and 159 were others. Out of these, 483,698 men, 433,385 women, and 40 others cast their votes, totalling 917,123 voters.
Ward-wise voter turnout:
Mazivada Ward Committee – Wards 1, 2, 3, 8 – fifty-four point seven five per cent
Vartak Nagar Ward Committee – Wards 4, 5, 7 – fifty-four point eight six per cent
Lokmanya Savarkar Nagar – Wards 6, 13, 14, 15 – fifty-eight point zero nine per cent
Wagle Ward Committee – Wards 16, 17, 18 – fifty-five point five three per cent
Naupada Kopri – Wards 19, 20, 21, 22 – fifty-nine point seven nine per cent
Uthal Sar – Wards 10, 11, 12 – sixty point six zero per cent
Kalwa – Wards 9, 23, 24, 25 – fifty-four point two nine per cent
Mumbra – Wards 26, 31 – forty-seven point five nine per cent, Wards 30, 32 – forty-nine point one five per cent
Diva – Wards 27, 28 – fifty-seven point three seven per cent, Wards 29, 33 – fifty-six point four five per cent