16 January,2026 06:18 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
CM Fadnavis said that Mumbai will get a Mahayuti mayor. Pic/videograb from X
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that the BMC Election 2026 results show Maharashtra relies on PM Modi's vision of development.
CM Fadnavis along with top Maharashtra BJP leaders, addressed party workers at the BJP office in Mumbai after the party won record seats in Mumbai.
"We contested these elections with a vision of development under the leadership of PM Modi. That is why we got a record-breaking mandate in these elections. These results have clarified that Maharashtra relies on PM Modi's development agenda," CM Fadnavis said.
He added that Mumbai will get a Mahayuti mayor.
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Earlier to his address, CM Fadnavis wrote on X that the BJP created political history on Friday by emerging as the single largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, ending nearly three decades of dominance by the undivided Shiv Sena.
As per the trends, the BJP-led alliance is set to win around 125 of the 227 seats in the BMC, India's richest civic body, which has an estimated budget of Rs 74,427 crore for 2025-26.
Counting of votes for elections to Mumbai and 28 other municipal corporations across Maharashtra was held on Friday, a day after polling recorded a turnout of 54.77 per cent.
With a strong performance by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena faction, the BJP is now well placed to control the cash-rich Mumbai civic body.
The high-profile BMC contest saw Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray reunite after nearly two decades in an attempt to regain political ground in Mumbai. However, early results indicated that their strategy failed to halt the BJP's surge.
For years, the BMC was seen as an unassailable stronghold of the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena. The latest outcome marks a major shift in Mumbai's political landscape.
CM Fadnavis has emerged as the central figure behind the BJP's success. Under his leadership, the party has surpassed its previous best performance of 82 seats in the 2017 BMC elections.
