LIVE BMC Results: Devendra Fadnavis addresses media, Shivsena & BJP win big

  • | Thursday | 23rd February, 2017

Counting is on for 227 seats of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) that went to polls on Tuesday. There were speculations, if Shiv Sena will be able to retain it`s bastion. The results pouring in shows Sena leading in over 90 seats till results received at 1 pm, BJP is trailing behind and the margin between the two is almost of 30 seats giving clear indication that BJP will sit in opposition. MNS, Congress face losses. Mumbai`s Shivaji park seat is seeing a close fight between Shiv Sena and MNS candidate.

Live updates:

16- Devendra Fadnavis addresses media and Mumbaikar for ushering support

  

15- BJP President Amit Shah thanks voters for support in BMC election 2017

14- Shiv Sena moving towards win, BJP follows

 

13 - Results

12- Results for 225 seats out - Sena 84, BJP 80, Congress 31, NCP 9, MNS 7, SP 6, AIMIM 3, Ind 5. Recounting on two seats

11-  1st time in history, #Sena candidate wins in ward no-96, a Muslim pocket Behrampada area. 

10- Seats won in BMC

 BJP: 69

 Shiv Sena: 77

 Congress: 27

 NCP: 08

 MNS: 04

 SP: 06

 AIMIM: 03

Others: 05

9- BJP likely to win in a big way in other civic bodies like Nagpur, Pune, Akola, Amravati

8- Results of round 1 in ward 2

BJP’s Jagdish Ojha : 1,534 votes

Sena’s Bhalchandra Mhatre: 1,157 votes

Bhawar Kumawat (Congress): 272 

7- In a major setback to the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and its leader Ajit Pawar, the BJP is emerging victorious in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation polls. The NCP is ruling these civic bodies for the last ten years. In Solapur, hometown of former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde, the Congress is losing its ground to the BJP.

6- Shiv Sena leads in 27 seats, BJP 19, Congress 6, NCP 2

5- On February 21, nearly 56% voters had exercised franchise across 10 municipal corporations in Maharashtra.

4- Apart from Mumbai, the municipal corporations which went to the polls were Thane, Ulhasnagar, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur. 

3- Counting underway in Mumbai. Shiv Sena takes early lead in wards 200 and 202 even as the BJP leads on ward 218, reports ANI.

2- Counting starts for 227 wards in the BMC polls.

1- Maharashtra Civic poll results of 10 municipal corporations and 25 zilla parishads across Maharashtra will be declared today and the counting will begin at 10 AM.


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