Maharashtra local body election results 2025 LIVE: Mahayuti surges in early trends, leads in 192 bodies; MVA ahead in 46

MAharashtra local personify election results 2025 unrecorded updates: betimes trends from the Maharashtra civic elections demonstrate the ruling Mahayuti holding a top edge, leading in 192 local bodies, with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead in 107 bodies and the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde leading in 48. The Opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is currently leading in 46 bodies. Counting is underway in 253 of the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, with results from the remaining bodies awaited.The BJP has already secured three seats unopposed, with members and presidents of the Dondaicha Municipal Council (Dhule) and Angar Nagar Panchayat (Solapur) elected without contest, while the poll for the Jammer municipal president also saw no opposition.Together, the trends point to a strong early showing for the Mahayuti in the civic polls.The results will mark the culmination of a two-phase civic poll held on December 2 and December 21. The results are expected to offer an early read on the balance of power between the ruling Mahayuti and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) at the grassroots level.The contest turned multi-dimensional in several pockets, with alliance politics intersecting with local rivalries. In a number of towns, “friendly fights” emerged as partners within the ruling Mahayuti — the Bharatiya Janata Party, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party — fielded candidates against one another.Stage set for BMC pollsSunday’s counting will also mark the run-up to the next big political contest in Maharashtra. The State Election Commission (SEC) has said elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and 28 other municipal corporations will be held on January 15, with votes to be counted the following day, January 16.A total of 2,869 seats will be contested across these civic bodies, and 3.48 crore voters are eligible to cast their ballots.Maharashtra local body election: Key details1. The State Election Commission (SEC) said elections were held simultaneously to fill 143 vacant member posts across municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the state.2. Of the total local bodies going to polls, voting for 263 municipal councils and nagar panchayats was conducted in the first phase on December 2, while the remaining councils and nagar panchayats voted on Saturday.3. Voting began at 7.30 am and covered key local bodies such as Baramati in Pune district and Ambernath in Thane district.4. According to the SEC, counting of votes for all 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats — including those that voted in the first phase — will begin at 10 am on Sunday, December 21.5. The commission added that elections to select members and presidents of the Dondaicha municipal council and Angar nagar panchayat were held unopposed, while the election for the Jammer municipal president also saw no contest, as reported by PTI news agency.Voter turnout highlightsPune district: 45.14% votes were polled for the nagar parishad and nagar panchayat elections till 3.30 pm on Saturday; 95,865 of 212,396 voters cast their franchise (49,403 males and 46,460 females).Baramati: 45,335 of 101,992 registered voters (44.45%) polled till 3.30 pm. Voting here was postponed to December 20 from December 2 as per court directions. Elections were held for 42 seats, including the post of municipal council president.Other towns (till 3.30 pm): Phursungi–Uruli Devachi 45.32%, Daund 32.70%, Lonavla 56.61%, Talegaon Dabhade 46.75%.