The Congress had dominated the politics of Bombay from independence until the early 1980s, when the Shiv Sena won the 1985 Bombay Municipal Corporation elections.
Partai Kongres telah mendominasi politik Bombay dari kemerdekaan sampai awal 1980an, ketika Shiv Sena memenangkan pemilihan Perusahaan Munisipal Bombay 1985.