The counting of votes for 10 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) , began at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Early trends put the Shiv Sena in lead in Mumbai, whereas the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party was ahead in almost every other municipal corporation, except the Pimpri Chinchwad and the Thane Municipal Corporation. The BJP is leading in Pune, Nashik, Akola and Amravati, while the Shiv Sena is ahead in Thane and the NCP is leading in the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation near Pune. Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said his party would get a clear majority in Mumbai. Senior Congress leader Narayan Rane already blamed Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam for the poor performance of the party in Mumbai. The political equations in the State are likely to change if the Shiv Sena gets a majority in the BMC. The BMC election had witnessed a high-voltage campaign with the Shiv Sena and BJP accusing each other of scams. Here are the updates: Thane The Shiv Sena leads in Thane with 28 seats and the BJP and the NCP in eight and seven seats respectively. In Amaravati, the BJP is ahead in 17 seats, The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and the BSP are ahead in 3 each. There are a total of 87 seats. Sanjay Nirupam says Sanjay Nirupam offers to resign from the Mumbai Congress chief post. He says party in-fighting cost them these elections. "I was alone campaigning, as others tried to defeat me, but in turn they cost the party," he says. Solapur Out of the 102 seats in the Solapur Municipal Corporation, the BJP has won 12 and the Shiv Sena 4. This corporation was once the bastion of the Congress owing to regional stalwarts such as Sushilkumar Shinde. The AIMIM makes in roads by winning 8 seats. Trends show the BJP is poised to sweep the SMC. Reshma Bhosale wins Reshma Bhosale, wife of NCP legislator Anil Bhosale, wins from ward number 7 in the Pune Municipal Corporation poll in the city's Shivajinagar area. Ms. Bhosale, who was denied an NCP ticket, decided to contest on a BJP ticket. However, owing to a controversy in her nomination form, the Bombay high Court quashed her BJP candidature, compelling her to contest as an independent Nagpur The BJP and the NCP are neck-and-neck in the Gadchiroli Zila parishad. Wife of Bhandara BJP MLC Parinay Fuke Mrs. Parinita Fuke wins for the BJP ward 13 in Nagpur The Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra council and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde camp wins Ambejogai panachayat Samiti in Beed. This is seen as a setback to BJP leader Pankaja Munde, a cousin of Dhananjay Munde. Pimpri-Chinchwad In the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, the NCP is leading in 20 wards, followed by the BJP in 15 PCMC, the bastion of Sharad Pawar's NCP in Pune, has 128 seats. Incumbent Pune Mayor and NCP leader Prashant Jagtap bags ward number 25 in the Wanowrie area. The results till noon: NCP 5, BJP 3, IND 1. Leads: NCP 19, BJP 19, Shiv Sena 2. Mumbai Early trends in the BMC indicate a major victory for the Shiv Sena. Despite high octane campaign by Chief Minister Devendra fadnavis, the BJP seem to be failing to grab the top post. Till noon, the Sena was leading in 85 seats, while the BJP was leading in 53. The Congress, however, is turning out to be the major loser as it was leading in only 19 seats. Nagpur In Nagpur, the BJP is ahead in 24 seats, out of a total of 151, while the Congress is leading in only nine seats, according to early trends.

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