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The Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika election, 2012 (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, 2012) was an election of members to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation which took place on 16 February 2012.
The ruling Shiv Sena-BJP-Republican Party of India (Athavale) alliance won the elections. Sunil Prabhu was elected Mayor of Mumbai.
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Shiv Sena | 75 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 31 |
| Indian National Congress | 52 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 13 |
| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | 28 |
| Others | 28 |
| Total | 227 |
A municipal corporation is a type of local government in India that administers urban areas with a population of more than one million. The growing population and urbanization of various Indian cities highlighted the need for a type of local governing body that could provide services such as healthcare, education, housing and transport by collecting property taxes and administering grants from the state government.
Shraddha Jadhav is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Elections for Zila Parishads and Panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012. 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.
Sunil Prabhu is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Dindoshi Assembly Constituency. He was the 74th mayor of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the country's richest municipal body.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, also known as the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. It is India's richest municipal corporation. The BMC's annual budget exceeds that of some of India's smaller states. It was established under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act 1888. BMC is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city and some suburbs. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.
Rahul Ramesh Shewale is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena and the Lok Sabha member from the Mumbai South Central constituency.
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Yeshodhar Phanse is an Indian Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai. He is a loyalist of the party. He is a three-time chairman of the standing committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the municipal corporation of the city of Mumbai. He has held the position since April 2014. He first became corporator in 2002. He has held the position of chairman of health committee and became chairman of the development committee three times. From 2012 to 2014, he held the position of the leader of the house. He had also served as chairman of various BMC Committees such as Public Health Committee, Improvement Committee etc.
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Vishwanath Mahadeshwar is a Shiv Sena Politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has served as the Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. He had also served as chairman of the civic education committee and was a member of the standing committee.
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Milind Vaidya is Shiv Sena Politician from Mumbai. He was the former Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
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Ramesh Korgaonkar is Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is MLA in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Bhandup West Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena.
Kishori Pednekar born 25 December 1962 is an Indian politician served as the Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is India's richest municipal corporation. She was elected as Mayor without any opposition. She worked as a nurse earlier on and once again in 2020, this time to motivate other healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic.
Chandrakant Damodhar Handore is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an Indian National Congress member and had represented Chembur in 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Vilasrao Deshmukh ministry. On 5 February 2021, Handore appointed as a Working President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. He is former cabinet minister for Social Justice of the Government of Maharashtra. He was elected Mayor of Mumbai for the period 1992 to 1993. Handore was a vice President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee for the period 2014 to 2021. Since 2020, he is also the in charge of the Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee. Handore is the founder and president of the "Bhim Shakti", an Ambedkarite and socio-political organization.
