2012 Maharashtra local elections

2012 Maharashtra Local Body election

7 February 2012
Around 1224 to 10 Municipal Corporations
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ajit Pawar Prithviraj Chavan Party NCP INC Alliance UPA UPA Seats won 265 264   Third party Fourth party   Leader Uddhav Thackeray Gopinath Munde Party SS BJP Alliance NDA Seats won 227 205

Elections for zila parishads and panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012. ^[1] 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.

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: ^[2]

Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika

	Party	Seats
	Shiv Sena	75	07
	Bharatiya Janata Party	31	03
	Indian National Congress	52	24
	Nationalist Congress Party	13	01
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	28	21
	Others	28	01
	Total	227

Pune Municipal Corporation

Party		Seats
	Shiv Sena	15	05
	Bharatiya Janata Party	26	01
	Indian National Congress	28	07
	Nationalist Congress Party	51	05
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	29	21
	Others	3	11
	Total	152

Nagpur Municipal Corporation

	Party	Seats
	Shiv Sena	6	01
	Bharatiya Janata Party	62	08
	Indian National Congress	41	08
	Nationalist Congress Party	6	02
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2	02
	Bahujan Samaj Party	12	12
	Others	16	16
	Total	145

Thane Municipal Corporation

Party		Seats
	Shiv Sena	53	07
	Bharatiya Janata Party	7	07
	Indian National Congress	18	01
	Nationalist Congress Party	34	01
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2	02
	Bahujan Samaj Party	2	02
	Others	14	14
	Total	130

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Nationalist Congress Party	83	22
Indian National Congress	14	06
Shiv Sena	14	01
Bharatiya Janata Party	3	02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	4	04
Others	10
Total	128

Nashik Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	40	28
Nationalist Congress Party	20	03
Shiv Sena	19	01
Indian National Congress	15	06
Bharatiya Janata Party	14	06
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	03
Others	11
Total	122

Solapur Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	45	05
Bharatiya Janata Party	25	10
Nationalist Congress Party	16	02
Shiv Sena	8	01
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	01
Bahujan Samaj Party	3	03
Others	2	01
Total	102

Amravati Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	25	06
Nationalist Congress Party	17	02
Shiv Sena	10	09
Bharatiya Janata Party	7	01
Bahujan Samaj Party	6	03
Others	22	01
Total	87

Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Nationalist Congress Party	20	02
Shiv Sena	19	01
Bharatiya Janata Party	11	04
Indian National Congress	8	02
Bahujan Samaj Party	2	02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	01
Others	17	01
Total	78

Akola Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	18	04
Indian National Congress	18	02
Shiv Sena	8	04
Nationalist Congress Party	5	03
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	01
Others	23	11
Total	73

References

1. "Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra". India Today . 7 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
2. Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012. "Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 - Google Drive". Docs.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.