Solapur Municipal Corporation elections

Solapur Municipal Corporation Election
← 2017 15 January 2026 2031 →
All 102 seats in Solapur Municipal Corporation ; 52 seats needed for a majority
SMC majority before election; No overall control;	Elected SMC majority; ; BJP

Last updated January 20, 2026

The Solapur Municipal Corporation elections are held periodically to elect councillors to the Solapur Municipal Corporation (SMC) in the Indian state of Maharashtra. These elections determine the composition of the municipal body responsible for urban governance, civic infrastructure, and public services in Solapur.

Electoral system

The elections are conducted using the first-past-the-post voting system. Councillors are elected from multi-member wards, with seats reserved for women, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes as per constitutional and state election rules.

Overview of elections

Election year	Total seats	Wards	Notes
2017	102	26	See detailed results below
2026	102	26	See detailed results below

2017 Solapur Municipal Corporation election

The 2017 election to the Solapur Municipal Corporation elected councillors to all 102 seats. Party-wise results from the election are referenced in later comparative reports published during the 2026 civic polls. ^[1]

Party-wise results (2017)

Party	Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party	49
Shiv Sena	21
Indian National Congress	14
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	9
Nationalist Congress Party	4
Others	5

Wards

Political Representatives
Ward No.	Seat	Councillor / Corporator Name		Alliance
1	A	Gautam Madhukar Kasabe	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Rajashri Ambadas Kanke	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Poonam Prabhakar Kashid	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Avinash Mahadev Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
2	A	Narayan Dattatray Bansode	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Kalpana Gyaneshwar Karbhari	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Shalan Shankar Shinde	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Kiran Vijaykumar Deshmukh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
3	A	Rajkumar Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Swati Dattatray Badgu	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Ranjita Sakalesh Chakote	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Sanjay Basappa Koli	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
4	A	Vandana Ajit Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Vinayak Fakir Vitkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Aishwarya Ganesh Sakhare	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Anant Gyaneshwar Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
5	A	Samadhan Revansiddh Awale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Alka Anand Bhavar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Mandakini Todkari	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Bijju Sangappa Pradhane	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
6	A	Sonali Arjun Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Sunil Pandurang Khatke	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Mrunmayee Mahadev Gawali	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Ganesh Prakash Wankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
7	A	Aniket Pise	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	NDA
	B	Shraddha Kiran Pawar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Manorama Sapate	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	NDA
	D	Amol Shinde	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	NDA
8	A	Amar Marutirao Pudale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Geeta Govind Gawai	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Babita Anantkumar Dhumma	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Gaurishankar (Praveen) Kashinath Dargopattil	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
9	A	Shekhar Pandurang Ige	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Kadambari Prakash Manjeli	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Pooja Shrikant Wadekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Meghnath Dattatray Yemul	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
10	A	Ujwala Avinash Dasari	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Deepika Vasudev Yaldandi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Satish Nagnath Shirasilla	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Prathamesh Mahesh Kothe	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
11	A	Yuvraj Kondiba Sarvade	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Shardabai Vijay Rampure	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Meenakshi Dattatray Kadganche	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Ajay Chandrakant Ponnam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
12	A	Siddheshwar Ramlu Kamtam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Sarika Siddharam Khajurgi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Archana Raju Vadnal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Vinayak Ramkrishna Kondyal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
13	A	Sunita Sunil Kamathi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Ambika Hanmantu Chaugule	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Satyanarayan Ramayya Gurram	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Vijay Bhoomayya Chippa	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
14	A	Akila Bhagnagari	AIMIM	Others
	B	Asif Ahmad Sheikh	AIMIM	Others
	C	Wahidabano Sheikh	AIMIM	Others
	D	Taufiq Hatture	AIMIM	Others
15	A	Shridevi John Fulare	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Vijaya Nagesh Kharat	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Vinod Dharma Bhosale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Chetan Narote	Indian National Congress	MVA
16	A	Narsing Asade	Indian National Congress	MVA
	B	Shweta Prashant Kharat	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Kalpana Santosh Kadam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Priyadarshan Sathe	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	NDA
17	A	Nirmala Harish Jangam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Bharatsingh Vitthalsingh Badurwale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Jugnubai Ambevale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Ravi Shankarsing Kayyavale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
18	A	Shrikanchana Ramesh Yennam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Rajshri Shivshankar Dodamani	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Prashant Anil Palli	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Shivanand Sidramappa Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
19	A	Kavita Hiralal Gajjam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Venkatesh Chandrayya Kondi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Kalavati Anand Gadge	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Basavaraj Ramanna Kenganalkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
20	A	Safiya Choudhary	AIMIM	Others
	B	Anisa Mogal	AIMIM	Others
	C	Azhar Hundekari	AIMIM	Others
	D	Azharoddin Jahagirdar	AIMIM	Others
21	A	Sangita Shivaji Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Shivaji Uttamrao Waghmode	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Manjeri Sanket Killedar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Satvik Prashant Badwe	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
22	A	Dattatray Margu Nadgiri	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Ambika Nagesh Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Chaitrali Shivraj Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Kisan Lakshman Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
23	A	Satyajit Subodh Waghmode	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Aarti Akshay Wakase	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Gnyaneshwari Mahesh Devkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Rajshekhar Mallikarjun Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
24	A	Madhusudan Dinesh Jangam	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Vanita Santosh Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Ashwini Mohan Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	D	Narendra Govind Kale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
25	A	Suman Jeevan Chabukswar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Vaibhav Hatture	Nationalist Congress Party	NDA
	C	Vaishali Anil Bhopale	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
26	A	Sangita Shankar Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	B	Deepak Vijay Jamadar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	C	Jaykumar Brahmadev Mane	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA

2026 Solapur Municipal Corporation election

The 2026 Solapur Municipal Corporation election was held on 15 January 2026, with counting and declaration of results on 16 January 2026. ^[2]

A total of 102 seats across 26 wards were contested. ^[3]

Alliance or Party-wise results (2026)

Source
Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats			SR
Alliance/ Party				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−	%
	BJP			TBA	TBA		TBA	87	38
	Yuti Alliance		SHS	TBA	TBA		TBA	4	17
			NCP	TBA	TBA		TBA	1	3
		Total		TBA	TBA		TBA	5
	Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)		INC	TBA	TBA		TBA	2	12
			SS(UBT)	TBA	TBA		TBA	0
			NCP-SP	TBA	TBA		TBA	0
			CPI(M)	TBA	TBA		TBA	0
Total		TBA	TBA		TBA	2
	AIMIM			TBA	TBA		TBA	8	6
	VBA			TBA	TBA		TBA	0
Total				TBA	100%	—		102	—	—

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Wards

Political Representatives^[5]
Ward No.	Seat	Councillor/ Corporator Name		Alliance
1	A	Gautam Madhukar Kasabe	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Rajashri Ambadas Kanke	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Poonam Prabhakar Kashid	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Avinash Mahadev Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	A	Narayan Dattatray Bansode	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Kalpana Gyaneshwar Karbhari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Shalan Shankar Shinde	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Kiran Vijaykumar Deshmukh	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	A	Rajkumar Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Swati Dattatray Badgu	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Ranjita Sakalesh Chakote	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Sanjay Basappa Koli	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	A	Vandana Ajit Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Vinayak Fakir Vitkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Aishwarya Ganesh Sakhare	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Anant Gyaneshwar Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	A	Samadhan Revansiddh Awale	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Alka Anand Bhavar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Mandakini Todkari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Bijju Sangappa Pradhane	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	A	Sonali Arjun Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Sunil Pandurang Khatke	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Mrunmayee Mahadev Gawali	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Ganesh Prakash Wankar	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	A	Aniket Pise	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	Yuti Alliance
	B	Shraddha Kiran Pawar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Manorama Sapate	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	Yuti Alliance
	D	Amol Shinde	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	Yuti Alliance
8	A	Amar Marutirao Pudale	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Geeta Govind Gawai	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Babita Anantkumar Dhumma	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Gaurishankar (Praveen) Kashinath Dargopattil	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	A	Shekhar Pandurang Ige	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Kadambari Prakash Manjeli	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Pooja Shrikant Wadekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Meghnath Dattatray Yemul	Bharatiya Janata Party
10	A	Ujwala Avinash Dasari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Deepika Vasudev Yaldandi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Satish Nagnath Shirasilla	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Prathamesh Mahesh Kothe	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	A	Yuvraj Kondiba Sarvade	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Shardabai Vijay Rampure	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Meenakshi Dattatray Kadganche	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Ajay Chandrakant Ponnam	Bharatiya Janata Party
12	A	Siddheshwar Ramlu Kamtam	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Sarika Siddharam Khajurgi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Archana Raju Vadnal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Vinayak Ramkrishna Kondyal	Bharatiya Janata Party
13	A	Sunita Sunil Kamathi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Ambika Hanmantu Chaugule	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Satyanarayan Ramayya Gurram	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Vijay Bhoomayya Chippa	Bharatiya Janata Party
14	A	Akila Bhagnagari	AIMIM	Others
	B	Asif Ahmad Sheikh	AIMIM	Others
	C	Wahidabano Sheikh	AIMIM	Others
	D	Taufiq Hatture	AIMIM	Others
15	A	Shridevi John Fulare	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Vijaya Nagesh Kharat	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Vinod Dharma Bhosale	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Chetan Narote	Indian National Congress	Maha Vikas Aghadi
16	A	Narsing Asade	Indian National Congress	Maha Vikas Aghadi
	B	Shweta Prashant Kharat	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Kalpana Santosh Kadam	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Priyadarshan Sathe	Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)	Yuti Alliance
17	A	Nirmala Harish Jangam	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Bharatsingh Vitthalsingh Badurwale	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Jugnubai Ambevale	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Ravi Shankarsing Kayyavale	Bharatiya Janata Party
18	A	Shrikanchana Ramesh Yennam	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Rajshri Shivshankar Dodamani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Prashant Anil Palli	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Shivanand Sidramappa Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
19	A	Kavita Hiralal Gajjam	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Venkatesh Chandrayya Kondi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Kalavati Anand Gadge	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Basavaraj Ramanna Kenganalkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
20	A	Safiya Choudhary	AIMIM	Others
	B	Anisa Mogal	AIMIM	Others
	C	Azhar Hundekari	AIMIM	Others
	D	Azharoddin Jahagirdar	AIMIM	Others
21	A	Sangita Shivaji Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Shivaji Uttamrao Waghmode	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Manjeri Sanket Killedar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Satvik Prashant Badwe	Bharatiya Janata Party
22	A	Dattatray Margu Nadgiri	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Ambika Nagesh Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Chaitrali Shivraj Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Kisan Lakshman Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party
23	A	Satyajit Subodh Waghmode	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Aarti Akshay Wakase	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Gnyaneshwari Mahesh Devkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Rajshekhar Mallikarjun Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
24	A	Madhusudan Dinesh Jangam	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Vanita Santosh Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Ashwini Mohan Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	D	Narendra Govind Kale	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	A	Suman Jeevan Chabukswar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Vaibhav Hatture	Nationalist Congress Party	Yuti Alliance
	C	Vaishali Anil Bhopale	Bharatiya Janata Party
26	A	Sangita Shankar Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party
	B	Deepak Vijay Jamadar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	C	Jaykumar Brahmadev Mane	Bharatiya Janata Party

Ward-wise and notable outcomes

Detailed ward-wise winners and runners-up lists were published during counting by national and regional media outlets. ^[6]
BJP candidates dominated the results, winning a majority of wards across the city. ^[7]
Several prominent local leaders, including former mayors, were defeated in the election. ^[8]
BJP leader Shalan Shinde won from Ward 2 despite being incarcerated in a murder case, drawing national attention. ^[9]
Reports of alleged cash distribution during the election campaign were registered by police. ^[10]

Aftermath

The election resulted in a decisive victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party, consolidating its control over the Solapur Municipal Corporation for the 2026–2031 term. The results were widely described by media outlets as a major political shift in Solapur’s civic governance. ^[11]

Party performance comparison

Party	2017	2026
Bharatiya Janata Party	49	87
Shiv Sena	21	4
Indian National Congress	14	2
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	9	8
Nationalist Congress Party	4	1

References

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↑ "Solapur Corporation Election Result 2026 Live: Solapur Municipal Election Results Ward-wise winners, party-wise seats". 17 January 2026.
↑ Live, A. B. P. (16 January 2026). "Solapur Municipal Corporation Election Live Updates". ABP Live.
↑ "Solapur Municipal Election Result: सोलापुरात भाजपची त्सुनामी! 87 जागांसह 'कमळ' फुललं; काँग्रेसचं अस्तित्व धोक्यात, फक्त 2 जागा शिल्लक". Maharashtra Times.
↑ माझा, आफताब शेख, एबीपी (16 January 2026). "सोलापूर महानगरपालिका निवडणुकीतील विजयी उमेदवारांची संपूर्ण यादी वाचा एका क्लिकवर". ABP Majha.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Solapur SMC Election Results 2026 LIVE: Solapur Municipal Corporation Election Results Ward-wise and party-wise winners, runner-up". 17 January 2026.
↑ "Solapur Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026: BJP registers comfortable win | Highlights". India TV News. 16 January 2026.
↑ माझा, आफताब शेख, एबीपी (16 January 2026). "सोलापुरात दिग्गज नेत्यांना पराभवाचा धक्का, 5 माजी महापौरांसह तीन माजी उपमहापौरांचा पराभव". ABP Majha.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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↑ वृत्तसेवा, पुढारी (17 January 2026). "Solapur Municipal Election Result| प्रभाग 5, 7, 15 मध्ये धक्कादायक उलथापालथ". Pudhari News.

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[8] माझा, आफताब शेख, एबीपी (16 January 2026). "सोलापुरात दिग्गज नेत्यांना पराभवाचा धक्का, 5 माजी महापौरांसह तीन माजी उपमहापौरांचा पराभव". ABP Majha.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[10] POTDAR, NEETA (15 January 2026). "Misuse of money exposed in Solapur Municipal Corporation elections".

[11] वृत्तसेवा, पुढारी (17 January 2026). "Solapur Municipal Election Result| प्रभाग 5, 7, 15 मध्ये धक्कादायक उलथापालथ". Pudhari News.

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Solapur Municipal Corporation elections

Contents

Electoral system

Overview of elections

2017 Solapur Municipal Corporation election

Party-wise results (2017)

Wards

2026 Solapur Municipal Corporation election

Alliance or Party-wise results (2026)

Wards

Ward-wise and notable outcomes

Aftermath

Party performance comparison

See also

References