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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.
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.
The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:
| Contesting Parties | Seats won | Bodies won | |
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| Indian National Congress | 264 / 1,224 (22%) |
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| Nationalist Congress Party | 265 / 1,224 (22%) |
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| Shiv Sena | 227 / 1,244 (18%) |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 204 / 1,244 (16%) |
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| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | 107 / 1,244 (9%) |
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| Others | 177 / 1,244 (14%) |
The results by municipality were: [3]
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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