The state election commission will announce the results of the high-stakes elections to Maharashtra's 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Friday, with counting of votes set to begin at 10 am. The Maharashtra elections result will be announced a day after the state's 2,869 seats across 893 wards went to polls on January 15.Some of the key municipal corporations to watch are Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayandar, Ulhasnagar and Navi Mumbai, among others.
Several exit polls predictions favoured the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to win most of the seats in the BMC polls. In terms of seat share, the BJP–Shiv Sena alliance is projected to win 131–151 seats, the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS–NCP (SP) alliance 58–68 seats, the Congress–VBA–RSP alliance 12–16 seats, and others 6–12 seats, according to Axis My India.A similar prediction was made by JVC, which projected the BJP-led alliance to win at least 138 seats.Ahead of the elections, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis told HT that the ruling Mahayuti alliance would win 26 of the 29 civic bodies. “Mahayuti is winning major municipal corporations, including Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Nashik, with a comfortable majority,” he said. Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure smooth conduct of the process, including security deployment, traffic management, and maintenance of law and order across the city. The detailed plan for vote counting has been approved by the Municipal Commissioner, the BMC said in a statement on Thursday.