2012 Maharashtra local elections

2012 Maharashtra Local Body election

7 February 2012

Around 1224 to 10 Municipal Corporations
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ajit Pawar Prithviraj Chavan
Party NCP INC
Alliance UPA UPA
Seats won 265 264

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Uddhav Thackeray Gopinath Munde
Party SS BJP
Alliance NDA
Seats won 227 205

Elections for zila parishads and panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012.[1] 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:[2]

    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. ^ "Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra". India Today. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
    2. ^ 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)