 "Nanded Municipal Corporation Election 2017: Congress notches early gains, leads in 28 seats")
Nanded: The ruling Congress on Thursday notched early gains in the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC) polls in Maharashtra, leading in at least 28 out of the 81 seats. The polling was held on Wednesday. The main rival, Bharatiya Janata Party trailed far behind with leads in just one seat. “The BJP ally at the Centre and in the state Shiv Sena and Congress partner National Congress Party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) failed to secure any lead as per the vote count at noon,” a State Election Commission (SEC) official said. [caption id=“attachment_4131609” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. AFP[/caption] The NWCMC is one of the last surviving bastions of the Congress in the state and a stronghold of state party chief Ashok Chavan. Both the Congress and BJP had made it a battle of prestige to wrest the civic body in its control. For the first time in the state, the SEC has deployed VVPAT (voter-verified paper audit trail) voting machines in 31 polling centres in Ward No. 2 as a pilot project in the elections which recorded a 60 percent turnout.
The ruling Congress on Thursday notched early gains in the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC) polls in Maharashtra, leading in at least 28 out of the 81 seats. The polling was held on Wednesday.
Advertisement
End of Article
 "‘I’d love to do it’: Trump refuses to rule out third term — despite constitutional limit")
 "What is the ‘Golden Fleet’ of navy ships that Trump wants to counter China with?")
 "‘Ramayan country’: Why Trinidad and Tobago wants to build a large Ram temple")
 "How China's rare earths choke changed America's trade deals")
 "‘I’d love to do it’: Trump refuses to rule out third term — despite constitutional limit")
 "What is the ‘Golden Fleet’ of navy ships that Trump wants to counter China with?")
 "‘Ramayan country’: Why Trinidad and Tobago wants to build a large Ram temple")
 "How China's rare earths choke changed America's trade deals")
](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Congress_flags_AFP.jpg){kind=link}