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Sena UBT wins 6 of 7 seats in its bastion Worli

The remaining one seat was won by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

2 min readMumbaiJan 16, 2026 09:30 PM IST

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Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray at the Thackeray residence in Bandra East, Mumbai. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)

In a high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, the Shiv Sena (UBT) won six of the seven corporator seats in Worli – regarded as the bastion of the undivided Shiv Sena and the legislative constituency of Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray. The election witnessed a direct face-off between the two rival Sena factions in five of the seven wards.

The remaining one seat was won by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

Worli has historically been a stronghold of the undivided Shiv Sena, dominated by traditional Marathi voters from middle- and lower-middle-class backgrounds, many of them former mill workers who later formed the party’s core cadre base.

Across legislative and civic elections, Worli has consistently remained a safe Sena seat. Since 2014, two Mumbai mayors and one deputy mayor have been elected from this constituency.

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Election data shows that Shiv Sena (UBT) has retained all but one seat in Worli in this election cycle. The sole seat won by the Shinde faction came in a multi-cornered contest, defeating candidates from the Maharashtra Navnirman Party (MNS) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The Worli civic constituency comprises seven corporator wards (193 to 199). Between 2017 and 2022, all seven were held by the undivided Sena. Following the party split, three sitting corporators joined the Shinde faction.

Reacting to the results, former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar told The Indian Express that the verdict reaffirmed public faith in democracy.

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“People have shown who the real Shiv Sainiks are and who the traitors are,” Pednekar said.

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