All four candidates of the Shiv Sena in Thane Ward 19B won. The four candidates who won in Eknath Shinde’s party are Minal Sankhya, Namrata Bhosale, Vikas Repale, and Rajendra Phatak. Ward No. 19B is among the four sub-wards that make up Ward No. 19 of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). The TMC comprises 41 wards across the city of Thane and is represented by a total of 165 corporators. This particular sub-ward is reserved under the General (Women) category. Ward No. 19, which includes Ward No. 19B, has a population of 51,722 residents, including 3,795 from the Scheduled Castes and 675 from the Scheduled Tribes.
Earlier this month, seven candidates from Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena secured unopposed victories across multiple wards. Jayshree Phatak was elected unopposed from Ward No. 18-B, while Sukhada More won without contest in Ward No. 18-A. Ekta Bhoir secured an uncontested win in Ward No. 17-A, and Ram Repale was elected unopposed from Ward No. 18-D. Similarly, Sheetal Dhamale was declared elected unopposed from Ward No. 14-A. In Ward No. 5-A, Sulekha Sudhakar Chavan won unopposed, while Jayshree David secured an uncontested victory from Ward No. 5-B.
Polling for the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) elections was conducted on January 15, with vote counting underway today. The counting process in Thane began slightly later than scheduled, starting around 10:30 am instead of 10 am. As per updates till 12:30 pm, the Mahayuti alliance is leading with 28 seats out of the total 131. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena contested the elections together, with the BJP securing 10 seats and Shiv Sena winning 18. Shiv Sena (UBT) has won 1 seat, while the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has secured 1 seat. The Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Nationalist Congress Party (AP) have won 6 seats each, and the Congress has secured 1 seat.
The Thane Municipal Corporation witnessed a voter turnout of 55.59% this year, lower than the 58% recorded during the 2017 civic polls. In the 2017 elections, the Shiv Sena–led United Front emerged victorious with 67 seats. The Nationalist Congress Party–led United Front secured 34 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 23 seats. The Indian National Congress (INC) managed to secure 3 seats, and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won 2 seats.