BMC Election 2017: A handy guide to the civic polls in graphs and charts

It’s quite likely that you’ve seen the figures ‘84-82’ a fair few times since Thursday’s declaration of results for the BMC election.

And in case you haven’t, 84 refers to the number of seats the Shiv Sena won, while 82 was the number amassed by the BJP. In fact, it’s worth looking at the trajectory of seats being called in favour of both parties over the course of the day.

The Sena-BJP battle of 23 February Create line charts

The final tally of seats for all the parties was as follows:

Or to express it slightly differently:

2012 vs 2017 BMC election results Create column charts

As you can see, neither the BJP nor the Shiv Sena has nearly enough seats to claim a majority. And should the two parties decide not to ally, they will either have to seek the support of the Congress or the smaller parties and a few Congress rebels.

Regardless of which way the parties decide to go, Mumbaikars came out to vote in large numbers — something they have very rarely done over the past 25 years. And even after 12 lakh names went ‘missing’ from voter lists, the total turnout was 55 percent of the 91 lakh registered voters in the city, which is over 50 lakh voters. Here’s a look at how this election’s turnout compares to that of previous elections:

Mumbai’s participation in BMC polls Create column charts

And finally, here’s a list of all the winners:

Click here for the full results