BMC Election Results: 5 factors that helped BJP storm India’s richest civic body and end Thackeray dominance

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance is set to come to power in 25 of the 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai, where elections were held on January 15. Breaking the nearly three-decade-old dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, the BJP on Friday emerged as the single largest party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)…

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BMC Election Results 2026: BMC election results today, 35 percent candidates have assets worth crores, see the complete list of wealthy people.

The result of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections is to be declared on Friday (January 16, 2026). Earlier, information about crorepati candidates has come to light from the affidavits filed by the candidates in the elections. Talking about the richest candidates in BMC elections, the first name that comes up is Makrand Narvekar, who is…

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Mumbai municipality’s budget is bigger than these states — how India’s largest civic body earns and spends

Voting for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the BMC, is scheduled for 15 January. More than 15,000 candidates are in the fray. In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alone, 1,700 candidates are contesting in 227 wards to control India’s richest civic body, which has an over ₹74,000 crore budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year….

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