Maharashtra Civic Polls

The Sena's Naresh Mhaske and Pallavi Kadam were elected mayor and deputy mayor respectively of Thane Municipal Corporation.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is at the second position having 499 seats in these civic bodies

In a fiercely fought elections to the 227 member BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the erstwhile ruling partners Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party failed to reach to a magic figure of 114 required for simple majority. Shiv Sena, who had for the first time diluted its Marathi Manoos plank by reaching out to all sections, has won 84 while BJP, who approached voters on the transparency plank, bagged 81 seats just three short. Technically, Shiv Sena has succeeded to retain its supremacy in BMC but has upped its tally by mere nine seats compared to 75 seats in 2012 poll. However, BJP's rise has been stunning to 81 seats mere 32 in 2012 .BJP has also set to win eight out of the 10 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra where elections were held. Lotus bloomed across Maharashtra. The Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who led from the front, has sailed through another big test. Of the 1066 seats declared BJP has won a record 521 seats. Of the 25 zilla parishads, BJP has shown .

BJP is likely to come to power in at least six civic bodies including Pune, Nashik, Ulhasnagar

They are leading comfortably in 65 of the 162 wards

Polling began at 7.30 AM at 43,160 polling stations spread across the state

Congress bagged 58 seats and won two council president posts

The average assets per candidate analysed for this election is Rs 31.97 lakh

Post the Centre's demonetisation move, voting was held in 147 municipal seats and 17 Panchayat seats on Sunday

Campaigns have so far refrained from targeting each other, undercurrents of caste tensions have been palpable, they point out