As BMC election 2026 results continues, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed that early trends favouring the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will reverse by midnight once all votes are counted
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut while addressing the media during the election results. Pic/PTI.X
Amid trends showing the BJP-Shiv Sena's aggressive march in the BMC election 2026, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that the real picture will emerge only at midnight when the current indications will change after all votes are counted.
The counting of votes for Mumbai and some of the other civic bodies in Maharashtra, which went to polls a day before, is still ongoing.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that the BJP may have performed well in the rest of Maharashtra, but the trends in BMC could go either way. He further said that counting will continue until midnight, the current trends showing defeat of the Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance will reverse.
As per the trends for 210 out of the 227 seats in Mumbai, the BJP is leading in 90 seats, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in 28 electoral wards. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP, which contested separately, is leading in three wards, as reported by PTI.
Whereas, in the opposition camp, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and its ally, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, are leading in 57 and nine wards, respectively.
Congress leads in 15 wards
The Congress, which contested in alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, is ahead in 15 wards, and others in eight. Taking a dig at Shiv Sena, Raut said the Eknath Shinde-led party has not been able to do anything outside Thane.
The Rajya Sabha member while talking to the media said, “"The way it is being shown that Shiv Sena (UBT) is trailing behind... Current figures (showing the BJP-Shiv Sena victory in BMC polls) will reverse, as it's a neck-and-neck fight, and counting of votes is ongoing," as cited by news agency PTI.
Sanjay Raut further said that the real picture about the BMC election 2026 results will become clear only at midnight.
Furthermore, while taking it to social media platform X, Sanjay Raut said that counting of votes in ward numbers 60 to 75 is yet to start. The BJP contested 137 seats, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena 90, while the NCP, headed by Ajit Pawar, fielded candidates separately on 94 seats.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) had fielded 163 candidates, the MNS 52, the Congress 143, and the VBA (Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi) 46.
(With inputs from PTI)
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