Nagpur: Ruling BJP, which had struck pre-poll alliance with its traditional partner Shiv Sena, on Monday dumped the latter during the mayoral elections. The BJP for the first time did not offer the post of Deputy Mayor to the Shiv Sena.
The BJP's city unit president Anil Sole became the new Mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation while party nominee Sandeep Jadhav was elected Deputy Mayor.
Sole polled 86 votes and defeated BSP candidate Kishore Gajbhiye who got 52 votes. Congress nominee Sujata Kombade withdrew her candidature. NCP (six members) remained neutral.
For Deputy Mayor's post, BJPs Jadhav secured 86 votes while BSP's Shambnam Parveen mustered 58 votes, including six from NCP....
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10:33 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: In what came as a major setback for the Congress and the NCP, the first big electoral battle of 2012 has gone in favour of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine that managed to retain power in the prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest civic body. An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the defeat in the BMC polls has come as a...
07:31 AM, Feb 18, 2012
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11:48 PM, Feb 17, 2012
The Shiv Sena-BJP combine retain Thane and Nagpur as well; NCP emerges as the single largest party in Pune. ...
11:31 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Nagpur: Though the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to emerge as the single largest party in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), it received a jolt when the party candidate and Mayor Archana Dehankar and her deputy Shekhar Sawarbandhe of the ally Shiv Sena lost the polls. The election to the 145-member NMC was held on Friday and the counting took place on Saturday. The final figures show that...
09:39 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Akola: No party has won a clear majority in the Akola Municipal Corporation, as the results of Thursday's election came in on late Friday afternoon. The Congress and the BJP, with 18 seats each, are the biggest parties in 73-member House. Party-wise final results are as follows: Congress (18), NCP (5), BJP (18), Shiv Sena (8), BRP-BMS Samyukta Vikas Aghadi (7), UDF (2), Akola Vikas Aghadi (2), Samajawadi Party (1),...
07:49 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that the alliance with RPI has helped the party in the Maharashtra civic polls. ...
06:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine retains their dominance in the Mumbai civic polls, moving ahead of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance. In what comes as a major setback for the Congress and the NCP, the BJP-Sena alliance is set to take control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the richest civic body of the country, with the help of independents. The ruling alliance is also set to retain...
04:52 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Friday said the verdict in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls was a slap on the face of the Congress-NCP alliance. "Mumbaikars have slapped Congress-NCP on the face," Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut said. The Sena-BJP-RPI alliance appears set to emerge as the largest block in the BMC. Raut said that citizens of the megapolis would never tolerate the insult of Shiv Sena...
03:43 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Nagpur: In an upset, ruling BJP's outgoing Mayor Archana Dehankar and Deputy Mayor Shekhar Sawarbandhe of Shiv Sena have lost to Congress nominees in their respective seats, as counting of votes for Nagpur Municipal Corporation is underway. Congress candidates Harshada Sabde and Prashant Dhawad defeated Dehankar and Sawarbandhe respectively. Out of 36 seats for which results are out, BJP has won 19, Congress 10, BSP, Shiv Sena 2 each, NCP...
01:41 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena retained Thane in the Maharashtra civic polls. The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance took the top spot in the Thane Municipal Corporation polls on Friday. Out of the 130 seats, Congress and the NCP alliance bagged 52 and the Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI alliance 61 seats. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did not fare well as it could win on...
01:18 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: Counting of votes for the richest civic body in India, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) indicated that the leads were in favour of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. However, it looks unlikely for the combine to be able to hold a majority. The trends indicate a hung civic body in Mumbai, which could bring Raj Thackeray's MNS and independent candidates into the limelight. The Sena-BJP alliance looks set to retain power...
10:05 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Mumbai: It is phase two of the Municipal Council polls in Maharashtra on Wednesday. But it is being seen as a token phase since Sharad Pawar's NCP virtually swept the polls in the first phase itself. What is bigger is that Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign seems to have had no effect on the polls. It was a special birthday gift for NCP President Sharad Pawar as his party virtually swept...
11:41 AM, Dec 14, 2011
Mumbai: It is a big sweep for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress in the Maharashtra civic polls with the parties winning as many as 80 local bodies. The opposition parties, Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to bag just 14 civic bodies. The results suggest that anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his campaign failed to have any affect on the elections. The result is also...
07:16 PM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: Ahead of Civic polls in Maharashtra, senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde has proposed a new alliance to beat the opposition. He wants the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra to join hands with the rabble rousing MNS - But will the shiv sena be game? Gopinath Munde turned the heat on the party's alliance partner the Shiv Sena by strongly advocating that it extend a welcome to its former...
08:44 AM, Feb 08, 2011
