2012 Maharashtra local elections

2012 Maharashtra Local Body election

7 February 2012

Around 1224 to 10 Municipal Corporations
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Ajit Pawar Ashok Chavan Uddhav Thackeray
Party NCP INC SS
Alliance UPA UPA NDA
Seats won 265 264 227

  Fourth party
 
Leader Gopinath Munde
Party BJP
Alliance NDA
Seats won 205

Elections for Zila Parishads and Panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012. Municipal elections were held across various cities in Maharashtra, India on 16 February. 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:

Contesting Parties Seats won Bodies won
Indian National Congress
264 / 1,224 (22%)
  • Solapur
  • Amravati
Nationalist Congress Party
265 / 1,224 (22%)
  • Pune
  • Pimpri-Chinchwad
Shiv Sena
227 / 1,244 (18%)
  • Brihanmumbai
  • Thane
Bharatiya Janata Party
204 / 1,244 (16%)
  • Akola
  • Nagpur
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
107 / 1,244 (9%)
  • Nashik
Others
177 / 1,244 (14%)

Results

The results by municipality were:

Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 75 07
Bharatiya Janata Party 31 03
Indian National Congress 52 24
Nationalist Congress Party 13 01
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 28 21
Others 28 01
Total 227
Pune Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 15 05
Bharatiya Janata Party 26 01
Indian National Congress 28 07
Nationalist Congress Party 51 05
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 29 21
Others 3 11
Total 152
Nagpur Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 6 01
Bharatiya Janata Party 62 08
Indian National Congress 41 08
Nationalist Congress Party 6 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 2 02
Bahujan Samaj Party 12 12
Others 16 16
Total 145
Thane Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Shiv Sena 53 07
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 07
Indian National Congress 18 01
Nationalist Congress Party 34 01
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 2 02
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 02
Others 14 14
Total 130
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Nationalist Congress Party 83 22
Indian National Congress 14 06
Shiv Sena 14 01
Bharatiya Janata Party 3 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 4 04
Others 10
Total 128
Nashik Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 40 28
Nationalist Congress Party 20 03
Shiv Sena 19 01
Indian National Congress 15 06
Bharatiya Janata Party 14 06
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 03
Others 11
Total 122
Solapur Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Indian National Congress 45 05
Bharatiya Janata Party 25 10
Nationalist Congress Party 16 02
Shiv Sena 8 01
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 01
Bahujan Samaj Party 3 03
Others 2 01
Total 102
Amravati Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Indian National Congress 25 06
Nationalist Congress Party 17 02
Shiv Sena 10 09
Bharatiya Janata Party 7 01
Bahujan Samaj Party 6 03
Others 22 01
Total 87
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Nationalist Congress Party 20 02
Shiv Sena 19 01
Bharatiya Janata Party 11 04
Indian National Congress 8 02
Bahujan Samaj Party 2 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 1 01
Others 17 01
Total 78
Akola Municipal Corporation
Party Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 18 04
Indian National Congress 18 02
Shiv Sena 8 04
Nationalist Congress Party 5 03
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 1 01
Others 23 11
Total 73

References

  1. ^ "Maharshtra Congress State President".
  2. ^ "Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra". India Today. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012. "Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 - Google Drive". Docs.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)