Brihanmumbai Minicipal Corporation (BMC)
The BJP won 82 seats in the fiercely fought BMC polls, just two seats behind the estranged saffron ally, but both were well short of the magic figure of 114 needed to control the civic body.
The hung verdict will reset the political calculations as no party is in the position to rule the country's richest civic body on its own and alliance seems inevitable.
The Congress was relegated to the third position with 31 seats, whereas the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Raj Thackeray's MNS were reduced to 9 and 7 seats, respectively.
AIMIM, which had made its maiden entry into the Maharashtra Assembly with two seats in the last polls, won three seats on debut in the BMC elections, Samajwadi Party six, Akhil Bhartiya Sena one and Independents four.
The BJP on Thursday Feb 23,2017 scored a resounding victory in Maharashtra civic polls by bagging 8 of the 10 Municipalities and made giant strides in the Shiv Sena citadel of Mumbai, where it won 82 seats in the fiercely fought Brihanmumbai Minicipal Corporation (BMC).
The results came as a shot in the arm for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who spearheaded the BJP's campaign with focus on transparency.
Across Maharashtra, BJP the big winner
The BJP made major gains by bagging eight of the other nine municipalities.
1)Pune
BJP captured NCP's Pune bastion, winning a comfortable majority and coming to power in the city for the first time.
The saffron party won 98 out of 162 seats in the Pune Municipal Corporation, dislodging NCP which was in power in the city since 2007.
2)Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
The contest was close in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation near Pune, but later the BJP zoomed ahead with 78 seats in the 128-member house, humbling the ruling NCP, which only secured 35 seats. The Shiv Sena got nine, the MNS got one and others got the rest.
3)Nagpur
Nagpur went the BJP way with the party bagging 91 of the civic body's 151 seats. The Congress got 23, and the NCP bagged one seat.
4)Nashik
BJP secured simple majority in the Nashik Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra by winning 66 out of the 122 seats. MNS, which controlled the municipal corporation, faced a debacle, as it could win only five seats this time.
5)Ulhasnagar
The BJP grabbed 32 seats and Shiv Sena 25 of the total 78 seats. The NCP got four, Congress got one and independents and others grabbed 16 seats.
6)Amravati
The BJP captured Amravati with 42 out of 87 seats, followed by the Congress with 16 seats, AIMIM 10, Shiv Sena nine, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party five.
Yuva Swabhiman Party won three seats on its debut. RPI(A) won one seat while Dinesh Boob, an independent, won in one of the wards.
7)Solapur
In Solapur Municipal Corporation, a Congress bastion, the BJP captured 49 out of 102 seats, followed by Shiv Sena in 21, the Congress in 14, the AIMIM scoring nine, the NCP and the BSP scoring four each, while the Communist Party of India bagged one seat.
8)Akola
BJP scored 48 out of 80 seats with Congress trailing at 13. The Shiv Sena bagged eight, the NCP got five and others got six seats
Shiv Sena retains Thane
Thane blocked the BJP bulldozer where the Shiv Sena bagged 67 out of 131 seats, followed by NCP with 34, BJP 23 and Congress three.
25 zilla parishads
BJP led the tally, winning 397 of the 1,509 seats for which polls were held. It was followed by NCP 336, Congress 293 and Shiv Sena 259. MNS got one and others 147. Results of 76 seats still awaited.
2,990 Panchayat Samiti seats
BJP got the lion's share, winning 803, while NCP got 630, Congress 555 and Sena 538. MNS pocketed just two and others 281 seats. Results of the 181 seats still awaited.
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