The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra won 560 of the 731 zila parishad seats and 1,143 out of 1,462 panchayat samiti seats, as per the final results released by the Maharashtra State Election Commission on Tuesday.
The elections were held on February 7. The tally was revised after the results of 24 seats in Karad Panchayat Samiti were announced. Of the 1,462 seats across 125 panchayat samitis, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 491, Nationalist Congress Party 327 and Shiv Sena 325 seats.
Of the 731 seats across 12 zila parishads, the BJP won 233, NCP 166 and Shiv Sena 161. The BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP are part of the Mahayuti alliance.
As for the Opposition, the Congress won 58 seats in the ZP elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) 44 and NCP (SP) 26 seats. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena won two seats, while 41 seats went to Independents and others.
In the panchayat samiti elections, the Congress won 98, NCP (SP) 50, Shiv Sena (UBT) 86 and MNS two seats. Others, including Independents, won 83 seats.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has hailed the BJP-Mahayuti alliance’s dominant performance in the state’s Zilla Parishad elections, declaring that the results confirm the party has expanded its influence well beyond its traditional urban strongholds. Reflecting on the outcome, Fadnavis noted that since shattering the perception of the Bharatiya Janata Party as exclusively urban in 2014, the alliance has continued to build on its success.
He attributed this historic win to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari and the relentless efforts of state president Ravindra Chavan along with cabinet colleagues, MPs, MLAs, and grassroots workers.
Fadnavis, taking to social media, conveyed his heartfelt gratitude to the people of Maharashtra for once again placing their trust in the Mahayuti. He assured the voters that the elected members would work tirelessly to honour that mandate.
Similarly, Prime Minister Modi weighed in on the results and said the victory in the Zilla Parishad elections-after good showings in municipal and council polls-demonstrates widespread support, both in rural and urban areas, for good governance and the state's cultural heritage. If official data from the State Election Commission is anything to go by, then the BJP-led alliance secured an overwhelming 552 out of 731 seats, cementing their hold on local governance across the state.
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