Pune (152)
Though NCP today suffered a big blow in Pune as its candidate and also the city mayor Mohansingh Rajpal lost to his BJP rival.
But despite the Congress and NCP contesting separately, the two together
secured 79 seats in the 152-member corporation, two more than required
for majority.
While NCP led the tally with 51 seats, Congress got 28. The BJP secured 26 seats and Shiv Sena 15. The MNS secured 29 seats.
Ganesh Bidkar (BJP), who was chairman of the standing committee in the outgoing house, defeated Rajpal by 1,264 votes.
In the last poll when Pune had a 144-member municipal body, NCP was the
largest party with 48 seats, followed by Congress (42), BJP (24), Shiv
Sena (21) and MNS just seven.
Mumbai (227)
The biggest triumph for the saffron alliance came in the cash-rich
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which it has controlled since 1996,
where it frustrated state's ruling Congress-NCP combine's efforts to
wrest power.
The victory in the 227-member BMC, whose budget of 21,000 crore far
exceeds that of many states, came despite Congress forging an alliance
with NCP for the first time for the civic body election, in order to
avoid a split in secular votes. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had
assiduously pursued an alliance with his party's fractious ally which at
one stage threatened to walk out of alliance talks.
Though the magic figure of 114 eluded the saffron alliance--Shiv Sena 75
and BJP 32 -- in the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, by
just seven seats, it would hardly find it difficult to secure a majority
with the help of independents and smaller parties which have secured 28
seats.
While the Congress secured 50 seats, NCP finished with just 14. Raj
Thackeray's MNS did remarkably well with 28 seats, up 21 seats it got in
2007.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan called the result as
"surprising" and conceded defeat. "The result is
surprising...unexpected. We tried to consolidate secular votes but could
not meet with desired outcome," Chavan told reporters.
In 2007 polls, Shiv Sena had won 84 seats and BJP 28, but obtained a
majority with the help of four independents, taking their tally to 116.
Fighting separately, Congress had won 75 seats and NCP 14. Raj
Thackeray's Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) won 7 seats and Samajwadi
Party 7
Nasik (122)
The 122-member Nashik corporation is all set to have a hung House with
no party or combine near the 62 seats required for a majority. While the
MNS has pocketed the largest number of 40 seats, The Congress-NCP
combine has got 36 and Sena-BJP-RPI alliance 35.
It will be interesting to see if MNS supports any of the two major blocs
in securing a majority or insists on having their backing for a
majority of its own. The role of
Independents and others who have bagged 11 seats will be crucial.
BJP candidate Dr Rahul Aher was declared elected. He defeated nearest rival, NCP's Gokul Pingle by a margin of 100 votes.
Sitting BJP corporator Seema Mahesh Hiray was also declared elected.
In 2007, when Nashik had a 108-member corporation, Shiv Sena had led the
tally with 26 seats and ally BJP 14. The alliance had secured a
majority with the help of independents and others who had 18 seats.
Congress had 22, NCP 16 and MNS
12 in the outgoing House.
Pimpri-Chinchwad (128)
Sharad Pawar’s NCP today got a clear majority here by clinching as many
as 84 seats whereas its alliance partner Congress won in 15. Shiv Sena
won 13, BJP won in 3 seats while MNS tasted success in 4 seats.
Shiv Sena-BJP together bagged 26 seats and Independents and others 9 seats, in the 128-strong house.
Nagpur (145)
In a major setback for ruling BJP, its outgoing Mayor Archana Dehankar
and Deputy Mayor Shekhar Sawarbandhe of Shiv Sena have lost to Congress
nominees in their respective seats, as counting of votes for Nagpur
Municipal Corporation is still underway.
Congress candidates Harshada Sabde and Prashant Dhawad defeated Dehankar and Sawarbandhe respectively.
In Nagpur, the Sena-BJP combine has emerged as the largest bloc with 68
seats but still five short of a simple majority. The Congress has won 41
seats and NCP 6, well behind the saffron alliance.
Nagpur, the RSS headquarters, had a 135-member corporation in 2007 with
BJP the largest party with 55 seats and Shiv Sena 8. While Congress had
33 seats, NCP had 8. BSP had 4 seats, RJD 3, MNS 2, RPI 2 and
independents and others
20.