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PUNE/NAGPUR: BJP-led Mahayuti delivered a sweeping verdict aft 2 rounds of the archetypal signifier of Maharashtra's civic elections, winning presidents' posts successful astir 207 of 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, mirroring its assembly predetermination show conscionable implicit a twelvemonth ago.
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was reduced to 44 posts. Results were declared connected Sunday aft polling connected Dec 2 and 20. BJP emerged arsenic biggest gainer with victories successful implicit 117 section bodies, cementing the presumption of main curate Devendra Fadnavis. Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena secured 53 posts, portion Ajit Pawar's NCP won 37. "We person won 117 presidents' posts, and much than 75% posts are with our Mahayuti partners. This is simply a repetition of the assembly election," Fadnavis said. CM Devendra Fadnavis said, “Compared to 2017, our elected representatives person doubled… This is the biggest triumph successful section elections successful the past 25 years for immoderate party.”Final results of the 6,859 councillor seats were not released by the authorities predetermination committee till the clip of going to press. But BJP claimed to person won implicit 3,000 of these seats.Despite emerging arsenic a distant challenger statewide, Congress checked BJP advances successful parts of Vidarbha.
Western Maharashtra saw Mahayuti allies battling each different arsenic Congress and NCP (SP) struggled to clasp ground. Meanwhile, BJP made gains successful Mumbai and Konkan, encroaching into accepted Shiv Sena, PWP and NCP pockets. Shinde expanded Sena’s footprint beyond Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), finishing 2nd crossed the state.North Maharashtra backed BJP strongly, particularly successful Jalgaon nether curate Girish Mahajan.
In Marathwada, expected gains from leaders specified arsenic Ashok Chavan and Munde cousins failed to materialise. Congress won conscionable 28 civic bodies statewide. Sharad Pawar-led NCP managed seven, portion Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena secured nine.Vidarbha delivered a fractured verdict. Congress halted BJP successful respective councils from Chandrapur to Buldhana and Ballarpur to Wardha, portion BJP retained dominance successful Nagpur, Gadchiroli and parts of Bhandara.Ajit Pawar-led NCP won 35 of 41 seats successful Baramati region, the aforesaid undivided NCP had won successful 2017. NCP (SP), led by Sharad Pawar, managed to triumph lone 1 seat, portion BSP and Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) besides won a spot each. Three seats went to Independent candidates portion BJP failed to unfastened its account.The result is seen arsenic a curtain-raiser to municipal corp polls owed Jan 15 and comes amid choler implicit flood-hit kharif crops and absorption charges that funds were diverted to populist schemes specified arsenic Mukhyamantri Mazhi Ladki Bahin Yojana.
Polls besides marked archetypal statewide civic workout aft Shiv Sena and NCP splits, consolidating Shinde and Ajit Pawar arsenic undisputed leaders of their factions.Biggest beneficiary remains Fadnavis. After BJP’s mediocre 2024 Lok Sabha showing — 9 of 48 seats — and his connection to resign, helium led Mahayuti to an assembly landslide of implicit 230 seats, with BJP winning 132. Opposition allegations of “vote chori” and EVM manipulation resurfaced but mislaid traction aft civic sweep.Analysts blamed MVA for failing to capitalise connected workplace distress. Former CM Prithviraj Chavan admitted Congress could not rise younker and husbandman issues effectively.
