BJP has emerged as a clear winner at all the other eight municipal corporations barring Mumbai and Thane Municipal Corporations that went to polls this week. BJP has also emerged as a clear choice in nine out of the 25 Zilla Parishads.
In the elections to prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the ruling party Shiv Sena has registered victory at 84 seats out of total 227 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has gained the second position bagging 82 seats.
Results have been declared for 226 seats out of the 227. Congress is at third position winning 31 seats, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 9 seats, AIMIM 3 seats and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) 7 seats.
In Thane Municipal Corporation, Shiv Sena has won 60 while NCP has won 31 seats out of 131. BJP has won 21 seats while MIM has opened its account in Thane by winning 2 seats. In Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, BJP is leading on 32 seats while the Shiv Sena is leading on 25 seats out of total 78 seats.
BJP is also leading in the municipal corporations of Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Amravati, Akola and Solapur.
In Zilla Parishad polls, BJP again seems to be emerging as a clear winner in 9 out of 25 Zilla Parishads. These districts include Jalgaon, Latur, Jalna, Chandrapur, Wardha, Aurangabad, Buldhana, Sangli and Gadchiroli.
NCP seems to gaining second position; leading at 7 Zilla Parishads, namely Beed, Parbhani, Osmanbad, Solapur, Satara, Hingoli and Pune. Congress is leading in five Zilla Parishads while Shiv Sena is leading in 4 Zilla Parishads.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Maharashtra for reposing their faith in BJP, politics of development and good governance.
In a series of tweets, Mr Modi said, party is now a strong force both in urban and rural Maharashtra through hard work, determination and work on the ground.
He said, BJP is unwavering in its resolve to serve Maharashtra with unparalleled diligence, transparency and taking the state to even greater heights. Mr Modi also congratulated the entire team of party for working tirelessly among the people.
Prime Minister said, the unprecedented support in Odisha and now the overwhelming blessings from people of Maharashtra has been a great start for the part in the new year.
Calling it an exceptional victory, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis thanked the people of Mumbai and state for voting BJP to power in 8 out of 10 municipal corporations across state.
He said the party respects people’s mandate. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, he said people have voted for transparency in governance adopted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He added that this also helped them gain in roads into zilla parishads with Congress strongholds.
Refusing to comment on possible alliance with Shiv Sena post election results, he said the core committee will take the final decision. Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray too commented on similar lines saying the party will not rush into an alliance with the BJP yet.