2025–26 Maharashtra local elections

2025–26 Maharashtra Local Body election

2 Dec 2025 - 15 Jan 2026

29 Municipal Corporations 246 Municipal Councils and 42 Nagar Panchayats
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Devendra Fadnavis Eknath Shinde Harshwardhan Sapkal
Party BJP SS INC
Alliance MY MY
Seats won 4,507 1,358 1,176

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NCP (SP)
Leader Ajit Pawar Uddhav Thackeray Sharad Pawar
Party NCP SS(UBT) NCP-SP
Alliance MY
Seats won 927 576 330

Local elections were held in Maharashtra in multiple phases, for the 246 municipal councils and 46 Nagar Panchayat, results announced on 21 Dec 2025 day after each round of voting. The first phase took place on December 2, and 29 Municipal Corporations voted on 15 January 2026. The Bharatiya Janata Party led Maha Yuti alliance won a landslide victory in these elections with the BJP itself securing 3091 seats of the 6859 seats in the ward members of the municipal council and nagar panchayats. BJP also won 117 of the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayat chairpersons post on its own. Additionally BJP did well in the municipal corporation election as it won most mayor positions along with 1441 of the 2869 ward members post, more than 50% of the seats. Its allies Shiv Sena (Shinde) and Nationalist Congress Party also performed well with Shiv Sena bagging 53 chairperson and NCP winning 37. SS (Shinde) won in 961 wards in municipal councils and nagar panchayats and NCP won in 760 wards in municipal council and nagar panchayat. The election was therefore, a dominant performance of the ruling Maha Yuti alliance.