2012 Maharashtra local elections

Elections for Zila Parishads and Panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012.[2] 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.

2012 Maharashtra Local Body election

7 February 2012

Around 1224 to 10 Municipal Corporations
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Ajit Pawar Ashok Chavan[1] Uddhav Thackeray
Party NCP INC SHS
Alliance UPA UPA NDA
Seats won 265 264 227

  Fourth party
 
Leader Gopinath Munde
Party BJP
Alliance NDA
Seats won 205

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:[3]

    Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika
    PartySeats
    Shiv Sena75 07
    Bharatiya Janata Party31 03
    Indian National Congress52 24
    Nationalist Congress Party13 01
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena28 21
    Others28 01
    Total227
    Pune Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Shiv Sena15 05
    Bharatiya Janata Party26 01
    Indian National Congress28 07
    Nationalist Congress Party51 05
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena29 21
    Others3 11
    Total152
    Nagpur Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Shiv Sena6 01
    Bharatiya Janata Party62 08
    Indian National Congress41 08
    Nationalist Congress Party6 02
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena2 02
    Bahujan Samaj Party12 12
    Others16 16
    Total145
    Thane Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Shiv Sena53 07
    Bharatiya Janata Party7 07
    Indian National Congress18 01
    Nationalist Congress Party34 01
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena2 02
    Bahujan Samaj Party2 02
    Others14 14
    Total130
    Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Nationalist Congress Party83 22
    Indian National Congress14 06
    Shiv Sena14 01
    Bharatiya Janata Party3 02
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena4 04
    Others10
    Total128
    Nashik Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena40 28
    Nationalist Congress Party20 03
    Shiv Sena19 01
    Indian National Congress15 06
    Bharatiya Janata Party14 06
    Communist Party of India (Marxist)3 03
    Others11
    Total122
    Solapur Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Indian National Congress45 05
    Bharatiya Janata Party25 10
    Nationalist Congress Party16 02
    Shiv Sena8 01
    Communist Party of India (Marxist)3 01
    Bahujan Samaj Party3 03
    Others2 01
    Total102
    Amravati Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Indian National Congress25 06
    Nationalist Congress Party17 02
    Shiv Sena10 09
    Bharatiya Janata Party7 01
    Bahujan Samaj Party6 03
    Others22 01
    Total87
    Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Nationalist Congress Party20 02
    Shiv Sena19 01
    Bharatiya Janata Party11 04
    Indian National Congress8 02
    Bahujan Samaj Party2 02
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena1 01
    Others17 01
    Total78
    Akola Municipal Corporation
    PartySeats
    Bharatiya Janata Party18 04
    Indian National Congress18 02
    Shiv Sena8 04
    Nationalist Congress Party5 03
    Maharashtra Navnirman Sena1 01
    Others23 11
    Total73

    References

    1. "Maharshtra Congress State President".
    2. "Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra". India Today. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
    3. 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)
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