Maharashtra municipal elections, 2012

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Municipal elections were held across various cities in Maharashtra, India on 16 February, 2012. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.

Rules

According to the Election Commission of India's rules the day before, day of and day after the elections were a dry day in the jurisdictions that held elections.

Parties

The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:

Results

The results by municipality were:^[1]

Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	75
Bharatiya Janata Party	31
Indian National Congress	52
Nationalist Congress Party	13
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	28
Others	28
Total	227

Pune Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	15
Bharatiya Janata Party	26
Indian National Congress	28
Nationalist Congress Party	51
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	29
Others	3
Total	152

Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	6
Bharatiya Janata Party	62
Indian National Congress	41
Nationalist Congress Party	6
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2
Bahujan Samaj Party	12
Others	16
Total	145

Thane Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	53
Bharatiya Janata Party	7
Indian National Congress	18
Nationalist Congress Party	34
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2
Bahujan Samaj Party	2
Others	8
Total	130

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	14
Bharatiya Janata Party	3
Indian National Congress	14
Nationalist Congress Party	83
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	4
Others	10
Total	128

Nashik Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	19
Bharatiya Janata Party	14
Indian National Congress	15
Nationalist Congress Party	20
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	40
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3
Others	11
Total	122

Solapur Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	8
Bharatiya Janata Party	25
Indian National Congress	45
Nationalist Congress Party	16
Bahujan Samaj Party	3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3
Others	2
Total	102

Amarawati Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	10
Bharatiya Janata Party	7
Indian National Congress	25
Nationalist Congress Party	17
Bahujan Samaj Party	6
Others	14
Total	87

Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	19
Bharatiya Janata Party	11
Indian National Congress	8
Nationalist Congress Party	20
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1
Bahujan Samaj Party	2
Others	17
Total	78

Akola Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Shiv Sena	8
Bharatiya Janata Party	18
Indian National Congress	18
Nationalist Congress Party	5
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1
Others	23
Total	73

References

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