Maharashtra local body election results Highlights: Amit Shah, Fadnavis hail Mahayuti victory in local body polls

MAharashtra local personify election results 2025 unrecorded updates: The results of Maharashtra’s local personify elections feature been proclaimed, bringing clarity to the political contest at the grassroots level after a two-phase polling process held on December 2 and December 21. The elections covered 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats across the state and are being seen as an important barometer of organisational strength and voter sentiment ahead of larger electoral battles.According to final figures released by the State Election Commission, the ruling Mahayuti alliance - comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party - has emerged as the dominant force, securing a decisive majority of posts of municipal council and nagar panchayat presidents. The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, which includes the Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), has trailed in the final tally.The BJP won 117 posts of municipal presidents, Shiv Sena won 53, and the NCP won 37 posts. The Congress bagged 28, the NCP (SP) seven, and Shiv Sena (UBT) nine.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. The counting of votes for all 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats — including those that voted in the first phase — began at 10 am on Sunday, December 21.