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Maharashtra Corporation Elections 2017: 56 per cent voting recorded across 10 municipal bodies

LIVE - Maharashtra Corporation Elections 2017 Polling: BMC, TMC, PMC, NMC and seven other municipal corporations contested today.

Updated: February 22, 2017 12:22 AM IST

By Ravi Kaushal

Maharashtra Corporation Elections 2017: 56 per cent voting recorded across 10 municipal bodies

Mumbai, Feb 21: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), along with nine other nine municipal corporations goes to polls today. India.com is running live news updates on BMC elections starting today. The municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra bear special political significance as many people in the political spectrum are seeing these elections as semi-final to Maharashtra assembly elections in 2019. Along with the municipal corporations in Mumbai, elections would also be be held in the civic bodies of Pune (PMC), Nashik (NMC), Thane (TMC), Ulhasnagar, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur and Amravati.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which ruled six of the municipal corporations in alliance with Shiv Sena, decided to go alone in upcoming elections. The party snapped its 25-year electoral alliance with Shiv Sena. However, the municipality elections are also seen by Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to reclaim power in the state. Currently, Congress-NCP coalition is ruling four municipal corporations including Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur and Amravati corporations. However, both the parties have not formed an alliance to contest other corporations under a united banner.

Mumbai also witnessed a bitter exchange of words between warring parties. Shiv Sena deputy chief Uddhav Thackeray accused National Democratic Alliance of unleashing an anti-people measure like demonetisation. The battle hit a new low when he called Devendra Fadnavis a Chief Minister of “goons”. Responding to the charges levelled against him, Chief Minister accused Shiv Sena of large scale corruption in BMC. He alleged that its former electoral partner siphoned off the funds by submitting dubious documents.

Many political observers have said that the mandate of municipal corporation elections should be seen in the light of major steps of the Central government including demonetisation. Apart from BMC, nine other municipal corporations are going to polls.

BMC Elections-2017

The state election commission had declared election for BMC on February 21. BMC consists of 227 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling BJP-Sena government won 106 seats out of the 227 seats.

TMC Elections-2017

The state election commission had declared election for TMC on February 21. TMC consists of 130 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling BJP-Sena government won 61 seats out of the 130 seats.

Ulhasnagar Elections-2017

 Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation consists of 78 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling BJP-Sena-RPI government won 30 seats out of the 78 seats.

Pune Municipal Elections-2017

Pune Municipal Corporation consists of 152 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling Congress-NCP government won 79 seats out of the 152 seats. Results will be declared on February 23.

 Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Elections-2017

 Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation consists of 128 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling Congress-NCP government won 97 seats out of the 128 seats. Results will be declared on February 23.

Solapur Municipal Corporation Elections 2017

Solapur Municipal Corporation consists of 102 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling Congress-NCP government won 61 seats out of the 102 seats.

Nashik Municipal Corporation Elections 2017

Nashik Municipal Corporation consists of 122 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling MNS-BJP government won 54 seats out of the 122 seats. Results will be declared on February 23.

Akola Municipal Corporation 2017

Akola Municipal Corporation consists of 73 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling BJP-Sena government won 26 seats out of the 73 seats.

Nagpur Municipal Corporation Elections 2017

Nagpur Municipal Corporation consists of 145 wards. In the 2012 civic polls, the ruling BJP-Sena government won 68 seats out of the 145 seats. Results will be declared on February 23.

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