Preliminary postal ballot data show the alliance leading in around 52 wards, though official figures from the State Election Commission (SEC) and BMC are still awaited
The BMC elections, conducted after an eight-year gap, recorded a voter turnout of 52.94 per cent. File Pic
Early leads from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election counting indicate a tight contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)–Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance and other parties.
Preliminary postal ballot data show the alliance leading in around 52 wards, though official figures from the State Election Commission (SEC) and BMC are still awaited.
According to postal ballot counts so far, the BJP leads in 35 seats, while Shiv Sena (UBT) has a lead in 17 seats. For the Thackeray family, the morning brought mixed results: Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading in 22 seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in 8 seats, and Congress in 4 seats, according to the news agency ANI.
The BMC elections, conducted after an eight-year gap, recorded a voter turnout of 52.94 per cent, as per the SEC. Out of 1,03,44,315 registered voters, 54,76,043 cast their votes, including 29,23,433 men, 25,52,359 women, and 251 transgender electors.
The polls, which concluded on Thursday, faced allegations of irregularities from the Shiv Sena (UBT)–MNS alliance, later dismissed by the SEC. The last BMC elections were held in 2017, and Mumbai is now set to get a new mayor after nearly four years since the term of Kishori Pednekar ended in March 2022.
Exit polls suggest a BJP–Shiv Sena alliance victory, with the Thackeray brothers trailing and Congress failing to make a significant impact. In 2017, the undivided Shiv Sena had won 84 out of 227 seats, with the alliance with BJP securing the halfway mark of 114 seats (BJP: 82 seats).
Thane Municipal Corporation Elections: Total 917,123 voters exercised their right to vote, turnout at fifty-five point five nine per cent
According to the voting data for the Thane Municipal Corporation elections held on Thursday, a total of fifty-five point five nine per cent voter turnout was recorded, informed Commissioner and Election Officer Saurabh Rao.
Voting took place across 2,013 polling stations in the 33 wards of the Thane Municipal Corporation. Of the total 1,649,869 registered voters in these 33 wards, 863,879 were men, 785,831 were women, and 159 were others. Out of these, 483,698 men, 433,385 women, and 40 others cast their votes, totalling 917,123 voters.
The Thackeray cousins, reuniting after two decades ahead of Thursday’s polls, backed the ruling alliance in Mumbai, with Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-UBT leading in 10 seats and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ahead in 6 seats.
In Thane, a stronghold of Eknath Shinde, his faction led in nine of the 131 wards, with ally BJP ahead in six, according to TV channels.
In Pune, BJP appeared to dominate its ally NCP, leading in 32 of 165 wards, while Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s NCP trailed with 14 seats.
Exit polls have predicted a sweep for the ruling Mahayuti alliance in elections to 29 municipal corporations held on Thursday.
(With ANI inputs)
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