BMC Election Results 2026: BJP Leads in Mumbai Civic Polls, Thackeray Cousins Alliance Under Lens

• Counting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections began on Friday across 23 centres in Mumbai.
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading the trends, emerging as the single largest party with 79 wards.
• Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) is ahead in 60 wards, and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in 25 wards.
• Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray's parties, Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, formed an alliance, contesting 160 and 53 wards respectively.
• BJP leaders criticized the Thackeray cousins' alliance, stating it was driven by personal interests rather than public welfare.

Why It Matters: BJP leads BMC elections, while the Thackeray cousins' alliance faces scrutiny amidst ongoing vote counting.