Pune PMC Election Result 2026 District Winners: The counting of votes for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections began at 10 am, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the lead in both PMC and the Pimpri–chinchwad Municipal Corporation Survey (PCMC).
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The main dispute is between the BJP, which has fielded candidates for all 165 seats, and the alliance of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP). The BJP had held power on its own in the previous five-year terms from 2017 to 2022, after which the Administrator was in control of the civic body due to a delay in the civic polls after the Supreme Court suspended him over the reservation issue. The United NCP was then the main opposition party in the PMC as the BJP ended its ten-year rule from 2007 to 2017.
Check the complete list of winners in the BMC elections.
The overall turnout in the PMC vote was 52.42 per cent. The lowest turnout of 45.12 per cent was recorded in Aundh-Bopodi district, followed by 45.54 per cent in Wanowrie-Salunke Vihar. The maximum turnout of 57.81 per cent was recorded in Shivane-Khadakwasla-Dhayari district, which is a recent inclusion in the PMC area after the expansion of the city. The BJP is banking on its biggest strength mainly in the central part of the city, while the NCP is banking on a good response in the suburban areas. Pune.
Check district-wise winner lists of all municipal corporations in Maharashtra.
1,165 candidates in the running
In the elections, 1,165 candidates competed in 41 districts. In PCMC, 128 seats are up for grabs in 32 wards. The PMC’s previous polls, held in 2017, recorded a voter turnout of 55.45 per cent and the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious, winning 97 seats. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 39 seats, followed by the Shiv Sena with 10 and the Congress with nine. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) won two seats, AIMIM one, while independents and others won four seats.