Pune PMC election result: BJP sweeps, Opposition marginalised
The BJP won a decisive majority in Pune's civic polls, securing 96 wards and comfortably crossing the threshold needed to control the municipal corporation.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a decisive victory in the Pune Municipal Corporation elections, establishing a commanding lead over its rivals.
According to the latest results, the BJP winning 96 of Pune’s 165 wards, far ahead of the Nationalist Congress Party, which secured 20 seats, while the NCP (SP) managed just three. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena were leading in two seats each. The two rival NCP factions had contested the polls together. A party or alliance needs at least 83 seats to control the civic body.
Exit polls had earlier projected a strong performance for the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, voting for which was held on Thursday.
The polls were held amid significant political realignments. Ahead of the elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS president Raj Thackeray reunited last month, while the rival NCP factions stitched together a local alliance in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad to take on the BJP-led combine.
The civic elections were conducted after gaps ranging from several months to years, as the terms of most municipal corporations had ended between 2020 and 2023. Nine of the 29 corporations are located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, one of the most urbanised regions in the country.
Polling took place in Mumbai, 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.
In Pune, the contest was largely between the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on one side, and a combined opposition comprising the NCP factions, Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS on the other.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a decisive victory in the Pune Municipal Corporation elections, establishing a commanding lead over its rivals.
According to the latest results, the BJP winning 96 of Pune’s 165 wards, far ahead of the Nationalist Congress Party, which secured 20 seats, while the NCP (SP) managed just three. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena were leading in two seats each. The two rival NCP factions had contested the polls together. A party or alliance needs at least 83 seats to control the civic body.
Exit polls had earlier projected a strong performance for the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the elections to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, voting for which was held on Thursday.
The polls were held amid significant political realignments. Ahead of the elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS president Raj Thackeray reunited last month, while the rival NCP factions stitched together a local alliance in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad to take on the BJP-led combine.
The civic elections were conducted after gaps ranging from several months to years, as the terms of most municipal corporations had ended between 2020 and 2023. Nine of the 29 corporations are located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, one of the most urbanised regions in the country.
Polling took place in Mumbai, 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.
In Pune, the contest was largely between the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on one side, and a combined opposition comprising the NCP factions, Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS on the other.