The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena-led Mahayuti on Friday recorded sweeping victories in Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Dhule, Panvel, Jalgaon, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad and Jalna municipal corporations, out of the 29 municipal corporations undergoing vote counting in Maharashtra.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena-led Mahayuti have gone well past the halfway mark in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, leading on 122 of 227 seats as of 6:30 pm.
"I bow down to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the architect of India's Constitution, Babasaheb Ambedkar. Today, first of all, I want to thank the citizens of Maharashtra for giving a grand victory to the BJP in the municipal elections. BJP and Mahayuti are going to form their 25 mayors a
As per the latest trends at 5 pm, the BJP-Shiv Sena's saffron alliance was leading on 130 out of 227 seats in the BMC polls, leaving the Thackeray brothers behind at 71. The BJP is emerging as the largest party in India's richest municipality, with 93 seats, while its alliance partner, th
"Our historic victory in Mumbai and the widespread success achieved in the municipalities demonstrate that the younger generation has also extended strong support to the BJP and the Mahayuti with complete enthusiasm and confidence," he said.
Meanwhile the Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS-NCP(SP) alliance seems to have halted on its tracks for now with leads in only 68 wards. While the UBT leads in the alliance with 60 seats, MNS has managed to stay ahead in 8, whereas NCP SP has not managed to secure a lead in any of the seats.
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday expressed confidence that the Mayor of Mumbai will come from the Mahayuti alliance, saying most seats in the BMC elections are going to the Mahayuti alliance.
Early trends being reported from the counting of votes in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on Friday showed the BJP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance leading in 86 wards, while Shiv Sena (UBT) trailed with 46 leads.
"The exit polls are just a trailer; the results will be out in 2 hours. The public has decided the mandate for 29 Municipal Corporations on the basis of development and Eknath Shinde's work of progress...," she elated.
According to the postal ballots counted till now, BJP has a lead in 29 seats, Shiv Sena 12 seats. Whereas the Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading in 20 seats. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), led by Raj Thackeray, is leading in 5 seats till now.
The exit polls released after the BMC polls on Thursday predicted a victory for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, with the Thackeray brothers finishing second and Congress and its allies not putting up a strong show.
The exit polls released after the BMC polls on Thursday predicted a victory for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, with the Thackeray brothers finishing second and Congress and its allies not putting up a strong show.