<p>The Congress swept away the elections for Nanded Municipal Corporation of the state by winning 41 out of the total 81 seats.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Congress, which shares power with NCP at the state level, went alone in elections to the 81-member Nanded Municipal Corporation, held yesterday.<br /><br />While NCP secured 10 seats, Shiv Sena got 14 and BJP won on 2 seats.<br />Reacting to the victory, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who led the party in the polls, said the win was possible due to "teamwork" among Congress workers.<br /><br />"I will give all credit to party workers. The victory was a result of teamwork and stress on developmental issues and inspiration of our leader Sonia Gandhi," Chavan said, terming the results a victory of "people's power"<br /><br />NCP leader Pratap Chikhlikar, a staunch rival of Chavan in Nanded, alleged that Congress "used money power" to win the elections.<br /><br />Nanded is the home constituency of Chavan and the polls were considered crucial for his political future.<br /><br />Chavan has been looking at consolidating his position in Nanded and the larger Marathwada region to fill the leadership vacuum created in Congress following Vilasrao Deshkmukh's demise. <br /><br />Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Industries Minister Narayan Rane and other senior Congress leaders had campaigned for the Congress.<br /><br />NCP leader Ajit Pawar had also held a rally during the campaign.<br />The Sena-BJP-RPI alliance, which had fielded candidates in 72 seats, won 16 out of them.<br />Its campaign witnessed a road show by Sena executive president Udhhav Thackeray’s son Aditya. MNS contested 42 seats but party chief Raj Thackeray did not campaign.<br />The Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen fielded 25 candidates and won 11.<br /><br />Three independents also won in the elections.<br />The Shiv Sena had offered a pre-poll alliance to the MNS which spurned the offer.<br />Earlier, the Shiv Sena and the MNS had reached post-election understandings in places like Ambernath, Thane and Kalyan-Dombivali.</p>
<p>The Congress swept away the elections for Nanded Municipal Corporation of the state by winning 41 out of the total 81 seats.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Congress, which shares power with NCP at the state level, went alone in elections to the 81-member Nanded Municipal Corporation, held yesterday.<br /><br />While NCP secured 10 seats, Shiv Sena got 14 and BJP won on 2 seats.<br />Reacting to the victory, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who led the party in the polls, said the win was possible due to "teamwork" among Congress workers.<br /><br />"I will give all credit to party workers. The victory was a result of teamwork and stress on developmental issues and inspiration of our leader Sonia Gandhi," Chavan said, terming the results a victory of "people's power"<br /><br />NCP leader Pratap Chikhlikar, a staunch rival of Chavan in Nanded, alleged that Congress "used money power" to win the elections.<br /><br />Nanded is the home constituency of Chavan and the polls were considered crucial for his political future.<br /><br />Chavan has been looking at consolidating his position in Nanded and the larger Marathwada region to fill the leadership vacuum created in Congress following Vilasrao Deshkmukh's demise. <br /><br />Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Industries Minister Narayan Rane and other senior Congress leaders had campaigned for the Congress.<br /><br />NCP leader Ajit Pawar had also held a rally during the campaign.<br />The Sena-BJP-RPI alliance, which had fielded candidates in 72 seats, won 16 out of them.<br />Its campaign witnessed a road show by Sena executive president Udhhav Thackeray’s son Aditya. MNS contested 42 seats but party chief Raj Thackeray did not campaign.<br />The Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen fielded 25 candidates and won 11.<br /><br />Three independents also won in the elections.<br />The Shiv Sena had offered a pre-poll alliance to the MNS which spurned the offer.<br />Earlier, the Shiv Sena and the MNS had reached post-election understandings in places like Ambernath, Thane and Kalyan-Dombivali.</p>