2012 Maharashtra local elections

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

The results by municipality were:^[3]

Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	75	07
Bharatiya Janata Party	31	03
Indian National Congress	52	24
Nationalist Congress Party	13	01
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	28	21
Others	28	01
Total	227

Pune Municipal Corporation

	Seats
Shiv Sena	15	05
Bharatiya Janata Party	26	01
Indian National Congress	28	07
Nationalist Congress Party	51	05
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	29	21
Others	3	11
Total	152

Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	6	01
Bharatiya Janata Party	62	08
Indian National Congress	41	08
Nationalist Congress Party	6	02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2	02
Bahujan Samaj Party	12	12
Others	16	16
Total	145

Thane Municipal Corporation

	Seats
Shiv Sena	53	07
Bharatiya Janata Party	7	07
Indian National Congress	18	01
Nationalist Congress Party	34	01
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2	02
Bahujan Samaj Party	2	02
Others	14	14
Total	130

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Nationalist Congress Party	83	22
Indian National Congress	14	06
Shiv Sena	14	01
Bharatiya Janata Party	3	02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	4	04
Others	10
Total	128

Nashik Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	40	28
Nationalist Congress Party	20	03
Shiv Sena	19	01
Indian National Congress	15	06
Bharatiya Janata Party	14	06
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	03
Others	11
Total	122

Solapur Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	45	05
Bharatiya Janata Party	25	10
Nationalist Congress Party	16	02
Shiv Sena	8	01
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	01
Bahujan Samaj Party	3	03
Others	2	01
Total	102

Amravati Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	25	06
Nationalist Congress Party	17	02
Shiv Sena	10	09
Bharatiya Janata Party	7	01
Bahujan Samaj Party	6	03
Others	22	01
Total	87

Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Nationalist Congress Party	20	02
Shiv Sena	19	01
Bharatiya Janata Party	11	04
Indian National Congress	8	02
Bahujan Samaj Party	2	02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	01
Others	17	01
Total	78

Akola Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	18	04
Indian National Congress	18	02
Shiv Sena	8	04
Nationalist Congress Party	5	03
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	01
Others	23	11
Total	73

References edit

^ "Maharshtra Congress State President".
^ "Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra". India Today. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ 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)

[hindustantimes.com-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)

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