Maharashtra civic polls News
While Dhule has 4.46 lakh voters, there are 3.46 lakh voters in Ahmednagar.
The BJP is in the position to gain the control of municipal councils at Devrukh and Ajra, and in Jamner council it has made a clean sweep by winning all 24 seats.
A total of 59 candidates are in the fray for 17 seats in Kankavli nagar panchayat and four candidates for the post of panchayat president.
The BJP got absolute majority in Panvel municipal corporation while the Congress emerged as the winner in Bhiwandi civic body as the results of the election to three civic bodies - Panvel, Bhiwandi and Malegaon - held on May 24, were declared on Friday.
As many as 1,251 candidates are in fray for the municipal corporation elections in Bhiwandi, Malegaon and Panvel scheduled to be held on May 24.
In the elections to the 10 municipal corporations across the state held in February this year, the BJP won eight civic bodies.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a probe into allegations of alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during polls, including the recent assembly elections in five states.
In the backdrop Congress's severe drubbing in the Odisha and Maharashtra civic polls.
State Congress chief Ashok Chavan said that NCP and Congress would support each other in the Zilla Parishads.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that BJP was working in a determined way to create a strong and inclusive India.
While congratulating Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for the outstanding result in the Municipality Maharashtra Civic polls.
Taking responsibility of the poor performance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in her constituency, Parli, Maharashtra`s Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Thursday offered to resign from her post.
While the civic elections in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – the country's richest municipal corporation – has become a prestige issue for two main parties, BJP and the Shiv Sena, it has also activated bookies in the illegal betting syndicate.
The gruelling campaign for civic polls in Mumbai and nine other cities across Maharashtra ended this evening, with the BJP Shiv Sena rift casting a shadow over the stability of the Devendra Fadnavis government.
Calling the NCP a "confused" party, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that in the civic polls next week, the Sharad Pawar-led party will be defeated by BJP in Pune and neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad.
Former Shiv Sena MP from Pune, Gajanan Babar today joined the BJP, ahead of the civic polls scheduled in Maharashtra next month.
Nearly 10 crore voters will exercise their franchise in a two-phased election to 10 municipal corporations, 26 Zilla Parishads and 283 Panchayat Samitis across the state, Maharashtra State Election CommissIoner (SEC) Jageshwar S. Saharia announced here on Wednesday.
The results of the polls held on Sunday were declared late yesterday.
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