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In the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the BJP-led alliance is leading in 125 wards, the Shiv Sena (UBT)-led alliance is leading in 69 wards, Congress+ in 14 and others in 16 wards.
Mumbai is likely to get its first BJP mayor after the party emerged as the largest party.
In Mumbai, the Uddhav Thackeray faction outperformed Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, while the Pawar faction suffered a humiliating defeat in Pune and surrounding areas.
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A total of 2,299 officers and staff have been deployed for the counting work, including 759 observers, 770 assistants and 770 class IV employees. The civic body said the results will be compiled using a computerized system to ensure accuracy and transparency.
Voting is taking place for 2,869 seats in 893 wards of 29 municipal corporations, in which around 3.48 crore voters will decide the fate of 15,931 candidates. Of these, 1,700 candidates are contesting in Mumbai and 1,166 candidates are contesting in Pune.
The BMC election 2022 was Shiv Sena’s first civic election since the split, when Eknath Shinde broke ties with most of the MLAs while retaining the party’s name and symbol. The undivided Shiv Sena had controlled BMC for 25 years.
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Except Mumbai, all other 28 municipal corporations have multi-member wards. The civic elections are being held after a gap of more than six years, as the tenure of these bodies had expired between 2020 and 2023. Nine of the 29 corporations are located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), India’s most urbanized belt.
The elections were held to form a new body that will govern India’s richest municipal corporation – the BMC, whose budget for 2025-26 was ₹74,400 crore.
Mumbai civic polls recorded a voter turnout of 52.94%, down from 55.53% in the 2017 polls, officials said on Friday. According to data released by the civic body, Ward No. 114 in suburban Bhandup recorded the highest turnout of 64.53%, while Ward No. 227 in South Mumbai’s Colaba area recorded the lowest turnout of 20.88%.
The last BMC elections were held in 2017, while the tenure of the elected body ended in March 2022