BJP Secures First Win in Jalgaon Municipal Election 2026; Mahayuti Dominates

• BJP's Rajendra Ghuge Patil wins Ward No. 19, marking the first declared result in the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation election.
• A total of 19 wards went to polls in the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation election, considered crucial for Khandesh.
• 12 candidates were elected unopposed: 6 from BJP (Ujjwala Bendale, Deepmala Kale, Vishal Bhole, Viren Khadke, Ankita Pankaj Patil, Vaishali Amit Patil) and 6 from Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) (Gaurav Sonawane, Sagar Sonawane, Ganesh Sonawane, Rekha Patil, Manoj Chaudhary, Pratibha Deshmukh).
• The Mahayuti (BJP, NCP-Ajit Pawar, Shiv Sena-Shinde faction) allocated seats with BJP getting 46, NCP 6, and Shiv Sena 23.
• Despite unopposed victories boosting Mahayuti, discontent among local BJP workers due to candidate 'import-export' is being addressed.

Why It Matters: BJP secures an early victory in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation elections, with Mahayuti showing strong pre-election dominance.