Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra local body polls, wins 207 seats, BJP emerges single-largest party

The Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP clinched a landslide victory in Maharashtra municipal council and nagar panchayat elections by winning 207 posts of presidents on Sunday, restricting the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi to a collective tally of 44. The final figures were shared by the State Election Commission (SEC). According to the SEC, the BJP won 117 posts of municipal presidents, Shiv Sena won 53, and the NCP won 37 posts. The Congress bagged 28, the NCP (SP) seven, and Shiv Sena (UBT) nine.

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