The Nagpur Municipal Elections took place on February 21. Despite high voltage campaigns for the civic polls, Nagpur recorded a voter turnout of only 53%. Some of the reports suggested that the voter turnout turned out to be low because a number of people who came out to vote could not cast their votes because of errors in electoral rolls.
BJP leaders had claimed that they were expecting a voter turnout of 70%. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cast his vote along with his wife in Nagpur. It is a tough task for him to match up to Shiv Sena. It indeed would be interesting to witness whether BJP will be successful in emerging as a winner despite Shiv Sena’s stronghold in the state.
Apart from Nashik, other municipal corporations for which went counting will be held are Mumbai, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Akola, Amravati and Nashik.
Stay tuned for live updates:
6:35 PM: BJP wins 91 seats
5:45 PM: BJP ahead with 86 wins
5:30 PM: BJP surges ahead with 82 wins in its kitty
5:00 PM: BJP wins 74 seats, Congress bags 23
4:45 PM: All BJP candidates who have won will meet Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at his residence in Nagpur today.
4:25 PM: BJP wins 58 seats, Congress bags 19, NCP wins 1 seat
4:20 PM: Amrita Fadnavis thanks voters for their support to the BJP
Thanks Nagpur,Pune,Nasik,pimprichinchwad,Solapur,Ulhasnagar,Akola,Amravati #bmc Mumbai!Devlopmnt & transparency wins pic.twitter.com/ffioy1052f
— AMRUTA FADNAVIS (@fadnavis_amruta) February 23, 2017
4:10 PM:
BJP ka pradarshan achha raha;Mumbai ne development,transparency ko chuna;Is path par hum mitrpaksh ko saath lekar chalenge:Kirit Somaiya,BJP pic.twitter.com/67dvryHqEu
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 23, 2017
3:45 PM: BJP ecstatic at the victory
For the first time BJP has got such unprecedented success.I congratulate Maharashtra CM &BJP workers: Union minister Nitin Gadkari #BMCPolls pic.twitter.com/DTRpzXVKtB
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 23, 2017
3:40 PM: Congress wins 12 seats, NCP wins 1
3:30 PM: BJP is moving ahead, has already won 24 seats and is now ahead in 24 others
प्रभाग ३७ : भाजप चे चारही उमेदवार विजयी.#BJP4NMC@BJP4Maharashtra
— Nagpur BJP (@BJP4Nagpur) February 23, 2017
2:15 PM: Dharmpal Meshram, Samita Chakole, Manisha Kothe, Bunty Kukde have won
प्रभाग – २६
बीजपीचे धर्मपाल मेश्राम, समिता चाकोले, मनीषा कोठे व बंटी कुकडे विजयी.#BJP4NMC— Nagpur BJP (@BJP4Nagpur) February 23, 2017
1:45 PM: Wins are in order
नागपूर : प्रभाग १६ मध्ये भाजपचे लखन येरवार, लक्ष्मी यादव, वनिता दांडेकर, आणि संदीप जोशी विजयी.#BJP4NM
— Nagpur BJP (@BJP4Nagpur) February 23, 2017
नागपूर : प्रभाग ३१ मध्ये भाजपचे उषा पायलट, सतीश होले, शीतल कांबळे आणि रवींद्र भोयर विजयी.#BJP4NMC
— Nagpur BJP (@BJP4Nagpur) February 23, 2017
1:30 PM: BJP confident of doing well in Maharashtra
Yes it’s a fact @Dev_Fadnavis worked tirelessly our victory in #Pune #nashik#solapur#nagpur#amravti all his effort @CMOMaharashtra https://t.co/riOYzqvg3e
— ShainaNC (@ShainaNC) February 23, 2017
1:20 PM: BJP surges ahead in 44 seats, Congress crawls to stay ahead in 14 seats
1:10 PM: Will it have an impact on UP?
BJP leads big in Nagpur, Pune, Nashik, almost doubles its tally in Mumbai [based on early trends].. This will have big impact on Eastern UP!
— Amit Malviya (@malviyamit) February 23, 2017
12:56 PM: All four BJP candidates from Prabhag 13 – Amar Bagde, Rutika Masram, Parinita Fukey and Varsha Thakre- have won in Nagpur
12:45 PM: BJP takes a strong lead, ahead in 40 seats
Nagpur has become the safest political bastion for #BJP #MaharashtraCivicpolls
— कमळाबाईं (@Thokugilly) February 23, 2017
12:35 PM: “A BJP footprint across Maharashtra”
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MAHA SPEAK
TrendsThere is a @BJP4India footprint across Maharashtra except Mumbai & Thane
BJP set to bag Pune, Nagpur, Nasik & more pic.twitter.com/WaIhivYD4c
— Akash Soni (@Akashtv1) February 23, 2017
12:28 PM: Congress gets into double figures, advances its lead in 10 seats
12:22 PM: BJP advances its lead, goes ahead in 28 seats
12:10 PM: Shiv Sena which is fighting the elections alone after its break up with the BJP is yet to open its account in Nagpur
12:00 PM: Reports suggest that BJP has won 5 seats
11:45 AM: The Congress Party is back in the race, takes lead in 8 seats. But BJP is maintaining its lead in 19 seats.
11:40 AM: Apart from Nagpur, it seems like Pune and Nashik will go to BJP
11:25 AM: BJP is leading in 19 seats, Congress is leading in 4
11:12 AM: BJP leading in 15 seats, Congress in 1
11:10 AM: All four BJP candidates lead in 4 seats in Nagpur’s Muslim-dominated Mominpura in early trends
11:05 AM: The BJP is expected to secure a clear majority Nagpur
11:00 AM: The BJP is leading in 7 seats
10:55 AM: Heavy security is in place at all voting centres
10:50 AM: BJP is leading in 3 seats
10:40 AM: The counting of votes is taking place in 12 places
10:20 AM: Results for the elections in 151 wards will be declared today
10:00 AM: Counting of votes begins
