The battle for control over Mumbai will conclude today. The vote counting for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, has started at 10 AM. However, all eyes are primarily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). On Thursday, 52.94% turnout was recorded for 227 wards.
Twenty-three counting centers have been set up, where political tensions will run high throughout the day.
With precise, swift, and reliable updates, we provide live trends for each ward and each round, determining who will be crowned the king of Mumbai.
LIVE UPDATES
- In Mumbai, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has edged ahead of the Uddhav coalition. The celebrations include the spreading of colors. In the latest trends, 102 results have emerged, with the BJP+ leading in 70 and the Uddhav alliance in 27, while the Congress leads in 4 wards.
- The initial outcome of the BMC election count favored the Congress from Ward 184 in Dharavi, where Congress candidate Asha Kale registered a win with a total of 1450 votes. She triumphed over Shiv Sena's Vaishali Shewale and MNS candidate Parubai Katke in a tough three-way contest.
- In the latest BMC trends, the BJP alliance leads in 52 seats, while Shiv Sena (Uddhav) is ahead in 31 seats, with Congress taking the lead in 2 seats.
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- In Byculla's Ward 207, BJP's Rohidas Lokhande leads by 234 votes after the first round. Rohidas Lokhande (BJP) secured 3334 votes, while Yogita Gavli (All India Army) received 1434, and Shalaka Haryan (MNS) got 3100 votes. In Ward 208, Ramakant Rahate (Shiv Sena Uddhav) has 4331 votes, and Vijay Lipare (Shiv Sena) has 2733 votes.
- In South Mumbai’s Malabar Hill area, BJP continues to solidify its position. After the first round and postal voting, the party leads by nearly 2000 votes across two wards.
- In the early trends, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has gained a lead, with BJP advancing in 20 wards compared to the Mahayuti alliance under Uddhav Thackeray's leadership, currently leading in 14 seats.
- The path to power in Mumbai seems smooth for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance. Exit polls, indicating a significant challenge for the Thackeray family's consistent hold since 1996, suggest 58 to 68 seats for Shiv Sena UBT and Raj Thackeray’s party.
- Different exit polls show the alliance winning a clear majority in the BMC elections, while Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray’s MNS might face a setback.
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For decades, Shiv Sena's dominance over the BMC was unchallenged. However, the party’s split positions this election as a crucial test for the Thackeray family. Meanwhile, under the Mahayuti alliance, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the BJP are pouring in all their efforts.
