Maha civic polls: Sena leads in Mumbai, BJP in Nagpur

February 23, 2017 10:44

Sena leads in 12 seats in Mumbai as against seven for the BJP and 1 for the Congress of the 227 seats in the fiercely-fought Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Counting for polls to 10 municipal corporations and 25 zilla parishads across Maharashtra began this morning.

The BMC, Asia's richest civic body, has been controlled by the Shiv Sena for the last 20 years and the party says it is coming back again. The two parties contested separately this time after the Shiv Sena called off the partnership ahead of the civic polls. 55 percent voted in the BMC elections on Tuesday, the highest voter turnout in 25 years.

Leads so far:

Thane: BJP 1, Sena: 3
Mumbai: BJP 5, Sena 9, Cong 1
Nagpur BJP 3
Pune BJP 12 NCP 6
Nashik BJP 4 Sena 2 NCP 2

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