The near-final numbers for the Maharashtra civic polls clearly denote a thumping win for the BJP-led Mahayuti, and a complete decimation of the opposition, which had put up a promising show in the Lok Sabha elections, but faltered in the subsequent assembly polls, and now in the civic body elections.
What do the numbers look like?
Out of the results for 2784 wards out of a total of 2869 wards that had gone to polls across Maharashtra, the BJP has registered leads/wins in 1403 of them. Mahayuti partner Shiv Sena has become the second largest party by winning 361 wards across the state, and the Congress has come third with 312 wins. The counting of votes is still ongoing.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) put up a dismal performance with 165 seats, while Ajit Pawar's NCP has managed to win/lead in 159 wards across the state, until now. Sharad Pawar's faction of the NCP has won a total of 29 wards, while Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has registered wins/leads in just 18 wards across the entire state. Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM has won/got leads in a total of 94 wards.
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BJP wins Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, and several other bodies
The Mahayuti has registered a thumping majority in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), with the BJP winning/leading in 87 wards, and ally Shiv Sena in 27. Shiv Sena (UBT) has currently won or is leading in 67 wards, the Congress in 23, and MNS in 10, out of a total of 227 wards.
In Navi Mumbai, the BJP has crossed the magic figure on its own, by winning/leading in 65 of the 111 wards. The Shiv Sena has come second with 43 seats in Navi Mumbai. In Pune, the BJP has won or registered leads in 123 wards out of a total of 165 wards. Along with these, the Mahayuti has registered clear victories in Thane, Nashik, Pimpri Chinchwad, Panvel, Kalyan Dombivili, Mira Bhayandar, Ulhasnagar, Sambhajinagar, Nagpur, Solapur, Amravati, Akola, Nanded Waghala, Sangli Miraj Kupwad, Jalgaon, Dhule, Jalna, and Ichalkaranji.
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Winnings for the opposition
The Congress has emerged as the largest party in the 90-member strong Bhiwandi Nizampur, by leading/winning in 30 seats. In Kolhapur, the Congress has won/led in 34 seats out of 81. The same is for Chandrapur, where the Congress has won the most seats.
The Congress has won in the Latur Corporation, where it has won 43 out of 70 wards. AIMIM has come up as the largest party in Malegaon, while Shiv Sena (UBT) has come up as the biggest faction in Parbhani by winning/leading in 25 seats out of 65. The Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) has won the Vasai Virar civic body by winning/leading in 69 out of 115 wards.
