BJP workers celebrating their victory in the Maharashtra Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat elections.
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Mumbai: Riding on the success of the Vidhan Sabha elections of 2024 in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Maha Yuti on Sunday swept the much-awaited polls to 288 municipal councils (nagar parishads) and town panchayats (nagar-panchayats) retaining the position as no.1 party and further inflicting blow to the ranks and files of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi.
The polls to 246 municipal councils and 42 town panchayats were held in two phases on 2 and 20 December - involving elections of 288 presidents of the local bodies and 6,859 members.
The BJP has won the presidency in 120-plus municipal councils/town panchayats and grabbed the lion’s share of seats of municipal councillors/ward members.
The BJP’s allies - Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won presidentship in 54-odd places while Ajit Pawar-led NCP in 40-odd places.
As far as the MVA is concerned, the Congress will preside in 34-odd corporations while its allies Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar-headed NCP (SP) 8 and seven places.
The State Election Commission is yet to formally declare the results.
It may be mentioned in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, the BJP has got 132 seats followed by Shiv Sena 57 and NCP 41.
“The BJP has once again established that it is the no. 1 party the BJP and its Maha Yuti allies Shiv Sena and NCP have secured massive victory the mandate is like that of Vidhan Sabha polls,” Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
Reacting to the results, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said: “The BJP contests polls with money power; this will not last for long same money, same thing, same figures.”