BMC Elections

Congress wins big in phase 3 of Maharashtra civic polls

  • by Webdesk
  • 20 Dec 2016
The Maharashtra Congress staged a spectacular return, after trailing from the BJP in the first two phases of Maharashtra civic polls, by winning 126 councillors seats out of a total of 408 in the 19 municipal bodies. The BJP came second with 119 seats, followed by the NCP (79) and Shiv Sena (48).
 
Also, in the 19 councils in the Marathwada region that went to the polls in the third phase, the Congress won the same number of presidents’ posts as the BJP: eight. The NCP won only one st of president, while post of president, while Shiv Sena failed to open its account in the region.
 
 
Despite the loss in the third phase, BJP retained its overall top position with a tally of 1,061 councillors.
 
BJP has secured 65 posts of president, followed by 34 by the Congress, 26 by Shiv Sena and 20 by NCP. Out of 4,560 members’ seats, BJP has secured 1,093, while Congress won 899.

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