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Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Results for elections to the BMC in Mumbai may get delayed due to a change in the counting process. As opposed to the simultaneous process for all wards that earlier happened, this time counting would take place in a phased manner, PTI reported.

Key Events

8 Mins agoMaharashtra minister finds name missing from voters’ list in Navi Mumbai
13 Mins agoHow much was the voter turnout in BMC?
21 Mins agoClean sweep for Mahayuti in BMC polls, predict exit polls
42 Mins agoWhy the 4-year hiatus in Mumbai BMC polls
53 Mins agoCounting centres gear up in Pune ahead of results
1 Hr agoWhen does the counting of votes start?
1 Hr 15 Mins agoVoting time and number of candidates
1 Hr 25 Mins agoExit polls favour BJP-led Mahayuti
1 Hr 36 Mins agoChange in counting process may delay results at Mumbai's BMC, reports PTI
1 Hr 43 Mins agoWhich are the 29 municipal corporations that went to polls?
1 Hr 51 Mins ago‘Mahayuti will win 26 of 29 civic bodies’, says Devendra Fadnavis
7:24 AM IST, Jan 16Surprise political reunion in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad
7:17 AM IST, Jan 16Highest voter turnout in Kolhapur till 3:30 pm
7:03 AM IST, Jan 16Mahayuti promises pothole-free Mumbai
6:47 AM IST, Jan 16Ink wiped off after voting?
6:38 AM IST, Jan 16All you need to know about Mumbai's BMC polls
6:28 AM IST, Jan 16What was the election schedule?

Several people, politicians and celebrities voted in Mumbai at the BMC polls that took place on Thursday.

Several people, politicians and celebrities voted in Mumbai at the BMC polls that took place on Thursday.

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live Updates: The state election commission will announce the results of the high-stakes elections to Maharashtra's 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Friday, with counting of votes set to begin at 10 am. The Maharashtra elections result will be announced a day after the state's 2,869 seats across 893 wards went to polls on January 15. ...Read More

Some of the key municipal corporations to watch are Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayandar, Ulhasnagar and Navi Mumbai, among others.

The elections have drawn significant attention this time due to shifting political alliances, with former allies splitting and rivals joining hands for the contest. The once-estranged Thackeray cousins, Raj and Uddhav, who ended their rivalry last June, have united for the civic body polls in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar is also contesting with Sharad Pawar's NCP faction in two seats—Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

A quick round-up of what happened on polling day:

Which 29 civic bodies voted

One of the most prominent municipal corporations in the contest was Mumbai's BMC. Apart from it, other civic bodies in the fray were Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Chandrapur, Parbhani, Mira-Bhayandar, Nanded-Waghala, Panvel, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Latur, Malegaon, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, Dhule, Jalna and Ichalkaranji.

Highest voter turnout in Kolhapur, 41% in BMC

Polling began at 7:30 am and lasted till 5:30 pm on Thursday. While official data on the final voter turnout is still awaited, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare reportedly said that the turnout in the 29 civic bodies was in the 46-50% range. By 3:30 pm, the highest turnout was recorded in Kolhapur at 50.85%, followed by Parbhani, Thane, Vasai-Virar and Panvel, among others.

Erasable ink allegations surface

As Maharashtra voted in elections to the 29 municipal corporations on Thursday, allegations of the use of marker pens or “erasable ink” surfaced, with people claiming they could wipe the ink off using hand sanitisers.

“Perhaps this is the first election where so many complaints are coming in that the ink applied is coming off immediately. There is collusion between the Election Commission and the ruling party. Many irregularities are happening,” Uddhav Thackeray was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

What exit polls predicted

Several exit polls predictions favoured the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to win most of the seats in the BMC polls. In terms of seat share, the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance is projected to win 131–151 seats, the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS–NCP (SP) alliance 58–68 seats, the Congress–VBA–RSP alliance 12–16 seats, and others 6–12 seats, according to Axis My India.

A similar prediction was made by JVC, which projected the BJP-led alliance to win at least 138 seats.

Follow all the updates here:

Jan 16, 2026 9:17:04 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Maharashtra forest minister Ganesh Naik reached a polling station in Vashi on Thursday but was left hunting for a polling booth after he found his name missing in the voters' list for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) elections.

“R F Naik school is where we have always voted. Last time I was asked to vote at NMMC CBSE School 94. This time, when we came to NMMC school, we were asked to vote at St Mary’s school. When we went there, there was no room number nine. We came back to the CBSE school, but our names were not there either. We then returned to St Mary’s, where room number nine was finally opened and we were able to vote,” Naik told reporters.

Jan 16, 2026 9:12:49 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Nearly 53% voter turnout was recorded in Mumbai BMC on Thursday, slightly lower than the 55.53% turnout in last elections in 2017, reported news agency PTI.

Jan 16, 2026 9:04:45 AM IST

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is poised for a clean sweep in Mumbai's BMC, several exit poll projections showed on Thursday after voting concluded at 5:30 pm. According to Axis My India, the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance is projected to win 131–151 seats, the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS–NCP (SP) alliance 58–68 seats, the Congress–VBA–RSP alliance 12–16 seats, and others 6–12 seats.

Meanwhile, the Sakal exit poll also favoured the ruling alliance with 119 seats, while projecting 75 seats for Uddhav's Shiv Sena, NCP (SP) and MNS.

Jan 16, 2026 8:43:53 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Before the Thursday elections, polls to the Mumbai Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took place in 2017. The next polls were scheduled in 2022 but didn't take place because of many reasons, some of them being the Covid-19 pandemic, s dispute over the delimitation of BMC seats, and a legal battle over reservation for Other Backwards Classes (OBC) in local body polls.

Jan 16, 2026 8:32:14 AM IST

Maharashtra elections result 2026 Live: Counting centres have been set up across Maharashtra as the state awaits results of the high-stakes elections to 29 municipal corporations that took place on Thursday.

Watch: Visuals from outside the counting station for wards number 25, 27, 28 at DES Primary School in Pune

Jan 16, 2026 8:25:16 AM IST

The counting of votes for elections to all 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai's BMC, will begin at 10 am today.

Jan 16, 2026 8:10:15 AM IST

Voting for the elections took place in a single phase on January 15. Polling began at 7:30 am and continued till 5:30 pm. Across Maharashtra, 15,931 candidates were in the fray, including 1,700 in Mumbai's BMC and 1,166 in Pune, HT earlier reported. For smooth operations, 39,092 polling centres were set up across the state.

Counting of votes for elections to the 893 wards across the state will begin at 10 am today.

Jan 16, 2026 8:00:53 AM IST

Exit polls began coming in after voting concluded on Thursday. Most pollsters gave the BJP-led Mahayuti an edge in the BMC, predicting a clean sweep for the ruling alliance, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena emerging as the second-largest party and the Congress trailing in third place.

JVC seat-share projection for BMC:

BJP alliance: 138

Shiv Sena (UBT): 59

Congress: 23

Others: 7

Axis My India also predicted a big Mahayuti win, projecting 131–151 seats, with the UBT Sena-led alliance winning 58–68 seats.

Jan 16, 2026 7:49:43 AM IST

Counting of votes for elections across the 227 wards at Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will take place in a phased manner, as opposed to the simultaneous counting that earlier took place. According to news agency PTI, this change in the counting process could delay the results of the BMC elections. The counting of regular votes will begin at 10 am, an hour after postal ballot counting.

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