There appears to be no clear winner in the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation elections since the Shiv Sena has won 84 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party has 82. There are a total of 227 seats in the BMC.

The Shiv Sena had early leads, but might need to tie-up with the BJP now. In the last elections, the BJP had won 32 BMC seats.

The results of nine other municipal corporation elections that had voted on February 21 are out as well. Among these is the Pune Municipal Corporation, where the BJP leads with 75 seats.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam offered to resign from his position because of the party’s poor performance in the civic elections, The Indian Express reported. Congress leader Milind Deora called it the party’s “worst performance ever”. “Corrective measures have to be taken from Delhi”.

After the results were out, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the party in the state and thanked the public for “continuously placing their faith in [the] BJP”.

Mumbai had recorded a 52.16% voter turnout on Tuesday, the highest in the last three elections. However, the names of more than 1.1 million voters were not on the electoral rolls.

The elections to the BMC – India’s richest civic body with an annual budget of over Rs 37,000 crore – had turned into a bitter fight between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, who had ended their alliance before the polls. The two sides, which have traded corruption accusations, fought the civic polls separately for the first time in two decades.

BMC tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • Shiv Sena: 84 seats
  • BJP: 82 seats
  • Congress: 31 seats
  • NCP: 9 seats
  • MNS: 7 seats
  • Others: 13 seats

PMC tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • BJP: 74 seats
  • NCP: 34 seats
  • Shiv Sena: 8 seats
  • MNS: 5 seats
  • Congress: 2 seats
  • Others: 1 seat

Thane Municipal Corporation tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • Shiv Sena: 42 seats
  • NCP: 16 seats
  • BJP: 14 seats
  • MNS: 4 seats
  • Congress: 1 seat
  • Others: 4 seats

Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • BJP: 34 seats
  • Shiv Sena: 25 seats
  • NCP: 4 seats
  • Congress: 1 seat
  • Others: 10 seats

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • BJP: 30 seats
  • NCP: 14 seats
  • Shiv Sena: 5 seats
  • Others: 4 seats

Nagpur Municipal Corporation tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • BJP: 70 seats
  • Congress: 30 seats
  • NCP: 1 seat
  • Shiv Sena: 1 seat
  • Others: 2 seats

Nashik Municipal Corporation tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • BJP: 33 seats
  • Shiv Sena: 20 seats
  • Congress: 6 seats
  • NCP: 7 seats
  • MNS: 3 seats 

Zila Parishad tally as of 5.30 pm:

  • BJP: 403 seats 
  • NCP: 350 seats
  • Congress: 303 seats
  • Shiv Sena: 266 seats
  • Others: 148 seats