By Admin 
Voting was held on Thursday (January 15) for the elections of 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. Voting for 2,869 seats in 893 wards in the state started at 7:30 am and ended at 5:30 pm. Today, on January 16, votes will be counted and the political future of 15,931 candidates will be decided.
The fate of 1,700 candidates for 227 seats in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections was sealed in EVMs. This is the first BMC elections after the split of Shiv Sena in 2022. The undivided Shiv Sena has ruled the country’s richest BMC for 25 years. In the 2017 municipal elections, BJP had captured the maximum number of 1099 seats in the state.
Which party will hold how many seats in the 2017 elections?
The last time municipal elections were held in Maharashtra was in 2017. BJP is in control of 1099 seats in the state. Which is 31.3 percent of the total seats. Undivided Shiv Sena had won 489 seats in the last elections, which is 18.49% percent. Congress had won 439 seats, which is 15.53 percent of the total seats. The undivided NCP had captured 294 seats, which is 11.06 percent. Whereas other parties had won 294 seats.
- BJP-1099-(31.3%)
- Shiv Sena- 489(18.49%)
- Congress- 439 (15.53%)
- NCP- 294 (11.06%)
- Others- 415
Elections of 29 metropolitan municipalities were held after 6 years.
Elections to a total of 29 metropolitan municipalities in Maharashtra have been held after a gap of more than six years. In the election battle, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Mumbai, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Chandrapur, Parbhani, Mira-Bhayander, Nanded-Waghala, Panvel, Pandey Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Latur, Malegaon, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad, Jalgaon, Ahilyanagar, Dhule, Jalna and Ichalkaranji are included.
Which party contested elections on how many seats in BMC?
According to the final distribution of seats in Mumbai, BJP contested on 137 seats and Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde on 90 seats. At the same time, Mahayuti’s constituent party Ajit Pawar’s NCP fielded a separate candidate for 94 seats. Shiv Sena (UBT) fielded 163 candidates, MNS 52, Congress 143 and VBA 46. Congress fielded 1,263 candidates in the rest of the state. Everyone’s fate will be decided on January 16.