BMC Polls: No majority to single party; Sena victorious on 84 seats; BJP gets 82

BJP sees Maharashtra results as a precursor to Assembly poll victory.

MUMBAI: A jubilant BJP on Thursday projected its impressive show in Maharashtra's local body polls, including Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a precursor to its "wins" in the ongoing Assembly elections, including in Uttar Pradesh. BJP President Amit Shah congratulated Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state unit chief Raosaheb Patil Danve for the "unprecedented success". LATEST UPDATES:

• The Shiv Sena emerged as the single largest party in the cash-rich BMC winning 84 seats, closely followed by BJP which bagged 82 seats, as results for the 225 seats poured in.
• Congress was relegated to the third position in the civic body tally with 31 seats followed by NCP with 9 seats. MNS won 7 seats, AIMIM-3, SP-6, Akhil Bhartiya Sena-1 and others-4.
• This unprecedented victory for BJP is on the agenda of transparency, says CM Fadnavis
• Results of 226 seats out of 227 out: No majority to single party; Shiv Sena wins 84 seats, BJP bags 81, Congress distant third with 31, NCP 9, MNS 7
• Pankaja Munde takes responsibility after BJP lost 6 out of 10 seats in Parli; Offers resignation
• BJP's Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar declares party's win on 81 seats, claims support of 4 others
• Shiv Sena leads in 84 seats, BJP closing in with 80 seats, Congress at distant third with 31
• Necck and Neck fight between Shiv Sena and BJP in BMC polls
• BMC Polls: Shiv Sena 84, BJP 81, Congress 31, NCP 9, MNS 7
• Maharashtra Civic Polls- Akola: Shiv Sena 4, BJP 38, Congress 12, NCP 5, MNS 0
• Ulhasnagar: Shiv Sena 21, BJP 33, Cong 1, NCP 4, MNS 0
• Maharashtra Civic Polls- Nashik: Shiv Sena 33, BJP 51, Cong 6, NCP 4, MNS 3
• Maharashtra Civic Polls- Pune: Shiv Sena 10, BJP 77, Cong 16, NCP 44, MNS 6
• Maharashtra Civic Polls- Thane: Shiv Sena 51, BJP 17, Cong 2, NCP 26, MNS 0

• BMC Polls trends: Shiv Sena 93, BJP 75, Congress 22, NCP 7, MNS 10
• Shiv Sena leads on ninty three of the seats in Mumbai

• Bhartiya Janta Party leads in seventy seats in Mumbai

• Sena leads in Thane as well by securing eight seats, whereas BJP secures 1 seat in Thane

• Congress secures twenty two seats in Mumbai

• NCP secures only seven seats in Mumbai

• MNS secures only ten seats in Mumbai

• Fomer MP, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam offers to resign from the party in the wake of BMC polls where Congress has not been able to show a good performance

• After Nirupam's resignation offer, Narayan Rane lashed out at Sanjay Nirupam and held him responsible for   Congress' position in the elections saying, "Nirpam didn't fight to win"

• BJP's Rani Patole claims victory from Amravati seat in Maharashtra

• BJP wins from Pune seat as well

• Counting underway for BMC and nine other Municipal corporations that is Thane, Pune, Nashik, Ulhas Nagar, Pimpri Chinchwad, Salampur, Nagpur, Akola and Amravati

• Counting of votes for 227 wards of BMC underway

Shiv Sena party workers celebrate outside party office as initial trends indicate their lead/ ANI Image About 56 per cent voters had on Tuesday exercised franchise across 10 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including for the all-important Mumbai civic body BMC which recorded a 55 per cent turn-out. BJP and its bickering ally in the state government Shiv Sena, who could not form an alliance for the civic poll in the megapolis or elsewhere this time, fought keenly, lashing out freely at each other during the bitter campaign. The turn-out for 11 zilla parishads and 118 panchayat samiti polls yesterday was 69 per cent. The stakes are high for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who led their respective parties from the front and were involved in a no-holds-barred campaign, relegating the Opposition Congress, the NCP and other players like the MNS and the AIMIM to the background. Apart from Mumbai, the municipal corporations which went to the polls were Thane, Ulhasnagar, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri- Chinchwad, Solapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur. In Mumbai, there were 2,275 candidates and 92 lakh voters. The first phase of 15 zilla parishads and 165 panchayat samitis polling was held on February 16 where 69 per cent voters exercised their franchise.