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. 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.
Nanded Municipal Corporation Election Results 2017 as it happened: Congress makes a clean sweep; wins 69 out of 81
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.
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BJP wins all four civic body seats
The BJP won all the four municipal corporation by-elections in the state. The by-elections for the four seats in Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur and Nagpur civic bodies were held on Wednesday.
Of the four, one seat in Kolhapur Municipal Corporation was bagged by an outfit, which has a tie-up with the BJP at the local level. Read more here.
Congress celebrates after winning 49 out of 54 seats in Nanded
BJP beats Sena by narrow margin
The BJP narrowed its tally gap with Shiv Sena in the Mumbai civic body as its nominee on Thursday won the BMC bypoll from Bhandup, beating the bickering ally’s candidate by 4,792 votes.
The BJP candidate, Jagruti Patel, polled 11,129 votes in ward no. 116, while the Sena nominee, Minakshi Patil, got 6,337 votes, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.- PTI
Congress makes a clean sweep
The Congress made a clean sweep in the Nanded-Waghala municipal corporation elections, winning 49 of the 54 seats for which results were declared. Results for 54 seats, out of the total 81, have been declared so far.- News18
Read more hereNCP fails to secure leads; loses out on 10 seats of 2012
The Congress’ partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) failed to secure any leads, a State Election Commission (SEC) official said. In the 2012 election, the Congress bagged 41 seats, Shiv Sena 14, AIMIM and NCP 10 each, BJP two while independents and others notched three seats. Chavan said the people of Nanded had “reposed full faith” in the developmental agenda of the Congress and deserved full credit for the party’s victory. – IANS
Ashok Gehlot wishes Congress on their historic win at Nanded
Fadnavis had warned people against voting for Sena in Nanded bypolls
Voting for the Shiv Sena in the upcoming Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation polls would mean bringing the Congress to power, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said on 9 October while launching a vicious attack on the Uddhav Thackeray-led party.
AIMIM fails to retain hold on any seat
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) seems to have failed in retaining seats in Nanded Waghala Municipal Corporation. The AIMIM, had surprised many by winning 11 seats in 2012 Nanded Municipal Corporation election but this time it may lose all the 11 seats.
Nanded bypoll counting comes as a major blow to BJP
The election has been significant as it held at stake Ashok Chavan’s reputation in the area. The victory for the Congress party, currently in Opposition, comes as a major blow for the BJP. NCP and AIMIM have not bagged any seat yet.
Congress bags 30 out of 32 seats
The Congress is firmly gaining its way back into re-capturing the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC), a stronghold of former chief minister Ashok Chavan, by bagging 30 of the 32 seats in the 81-seat body for which results had been announced. Congress has won 37 seats while maintaining the lead on 20 other seats. BJP continues to be ahead in two wards.- News 18
The Congress seems to be making a comeback after leading in the high-stakes battle between ruling BJP and Congress in Maharashtra’s Nanded-Waghala municipal constituency.