2012 Maharashtra local elections

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2012 Maharashtra Local Body election

7 February 2012

Around 1224 to 10 Municipal Corporations
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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Leader Ajit Pawar Ashok Chavan[1] Uddhav Thackeray
Party NCP INC SHS
Alliance UPA UPA NDA
Seats won 265 264 227

  Fourth party
 
Leader Gopinath Munde
Party BJP
Alliance NDA
Seats won 205

Elections for

Zila Parishads and Panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012.[2] Municipal elections were held across various cities in Maharashtra, India on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party
plurality.

Rules

According to the Election Commission of India's rules the day before, day of and day after the elections were a dry day in the jurisdictions that held elections.

Parties

The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:

Contesting Parties Seats won Bodies won
Indian National Congress
264 / 1,224 (22%)
  • Solapur
  • Amravati
Nationalist Congress Party
265 / 1,224 (22%)
  • Pune
  • Pimpri-Chinchwad
Shiv Sena
227 / 1,244 (18%)
  • Brihanmumbai
  • Thane
Bharatiya Janata Party
204 / 1,244 (16%)
  • Akola
  • Nagpur
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
107 / 1,244 (9%)
  • Nashik
Others
177 / 1,244 (14%)

Results

The results by municipality were:[3]

Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 75 Decrease 07
Bharatiya Janata Party 31 Increase 03
Indian National Congress 52 Decrease 24
Nationalist Congress Party 13 Decrease 01
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 28 Increase 21
Others 28 Increase 01
Total 227
Pune Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 15 Decrease 05
Bharatiya Janata Party 26 Increase 01
Indian National Congress 28 Decrease 07
Nationalist Congress Party 51 Increase 05
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 29 Increase 21
Others 3 Decrease 11
Total 152
Nagpur Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 6 Decrease 01
Bharatiya Janata Party 62 Increase 08
Indian National Congress 41 Increase 08
Nationalist Congress Party 6 Decrease 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 2 Increase 02
Bahujan Samaj Party 12 Increase 12
Others 16 Increase 16
Total 145
Thane Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 53 Increase 07
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 Increase 07
Indian National Congress 18 Increase 01
Nationalist Congress Party 34 Decrease 01
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 2 Increase 02
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 Increase 02
Others 14 Increase 14
Total 130
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Nationalist Congress Party 83 Increase 22
Indian National Congress 14 Decrease 06
Shiv Sena 14 Decrease 01
Bharatiya Janata Party 3 Increase 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 4 Increase 04
Others 10 Steady
Total 128
Nashik Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 40 Increase 28
Nationalist Congress Party 20 Increase 03
Shiv Sena 19 Decrease 01
Indian National Congress 15 Decrease 06
Bharatiya Janata Party 14 Decrease 06
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Increase 03
Others 11 Steady
Total 122
Solapur Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Indian National Congress 45 Increase 05
Bharatiya Janata Party 25 Increase 10
Nationalist Congress Party 16 Increase 02
Shiv Sena 8 Decrease 01
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease 01
Bahujan Samaj Party 3 Increase 03
Others 2 Decrease 01
Total 102
Amravati Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Indian National Congress 25 Decrease 06
Nationalist Congress Party 17 Decrease 02
Shiv Sena 10 Increase 09
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 Increase 01
Bahujan Samaj Party 6 Increase 03
Others 22 Decrease 01
Total 87
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Nationalist Congress Party 20 Increase 02
Shiv Sena 19 Increase 01
Bharatiya Janata Party 11 Increase 04
Indian National Congress 8 Decrease 02
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 Increase 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 1 Increase 01
Others 17 Increase 01
Total 78
Akola Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Increase 04
Indian National Congress 18 Decrease 02
Shiv Sena 8 Increase 04
Nationalist Congress Party 5 Decrease 03
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 1 Increase 01
Others 23 Increase 11
Total 73

References

  1. ^ "Maharshtra Congress State President".
  2. ^ "Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra". India Today. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012. "Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 - Google Drive". Docs.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)