Shiv Sena (UBT) workers and supporters celebrated enthusiastically after Milind Vaidya secured a decisive victory in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections 2026 from Electoral Ward 182 in the G North Ward (Mahim). (PICS/ ATUL KAMBLE)
Updated On: 2026-01-16 01:35 PM IST
Compiled by : Anushree Gaikwad
In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), whose annual budget is over Rs 74, 400 crore, elections were held after a four-year delay
These were the first BMC polls since the 2022 split in the Shiv Sena when Eknath Shinde, now Deputy Chief Minister, broke away with a majority of the party's MLAs and allied with the BJP to become the chief minister
In a significant political turn of events ahead of the elections, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray reunited last month even as rival NCP factions forged a local alliance in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad
Elections to the 29 municipal corporations were held after a gap of several years, with terms of most of them having ended between 2020 and 2023. Of these, nine fall in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the most urbanised belt in India
