Nagpur civic polls highlights: BJP claims 97 seats, leads in 10; party set for fourth straight term in 151-member civic body

TOI City Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jan 16, 2026, 21:13 IST

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Nagpur civic polls highlights: BJP claims 97 seats, leads in 10; party set for fourth straight term in 151-member civic body

Nagpur: Bharatiya Janata Party workers celebrate the party's candidate's victory in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections in Nagpur, Maharashtra. (PTI Photo)

The BJP was on Friday set to win the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for a fourth consecutive term, with party leaders claiming it had already won 97 seats in the 151-member civic body and was leading in 10 others.Nagpur is a BJP stronghold, being home to the headquarters of its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The city is also the hometown of Maharashtra chief minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, as well as Union minister and former party president Nitin Gadkari. Both leaders also represent Nagpur as elected public representatives.For the NMC elections, held on Thursday along with polls to 28 other municipal corporations across Maharashtra, the BJP contested 143 seats and allotted eight to its ally, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.The Congress, meanwhile, contested all 151 seats independently.In the previous NMC elections, the BJP had secured 108 seats.(With PTI inputs)

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