2012 Maharashtra local elections

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{{Politics of India}}
Elections for '''[[District Councils of India|Zila Parishads]]''' and '''[[Panchayat samiti]]''' were held on 7 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/panchayat-zilla-parishad-elections-in-maharashtra-92200-2012-02-07|title=Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra|work=[[India Today]]|date=7 February 2012|accessdate=26 August 2020}}</ref> '''[[Municipality|Municipal elections]]''' were held across various cities in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, [[Mumbai]], resulted in a plurality for the [[Shiv Sena]] and the second largest city of [[Pune]] resulted in a [[Nationalist Congress Party]] plurality.

==Rules==
According to the [[Election Commission of India]]'s [[Alcohol laws of India#Maharashtra|rules]] the day before, day of and day after the elections were a [[dry day (disambiguation)|dry day]] in the jurisdictions that held elections.

==Parties==
The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:
*[[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
*[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
*[[Shiv Sena]]
*[[Samajwadi Party]]
*[[Akhil Bhartiya Sena]]
*[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
*[[Republic Party of India]]
*[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]
*[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
*[[All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen]]

==Results==
The results by municipality were:<ref>{{cite web|author=Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AsTha_h2wXTSdGJOM3lBaGdPamkwalVIaHJtOEZ4Z0E&gid=0 |title=Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 - Google Drive |publisher=Docs.google.com |date= |accessdate=2021-03-12}}</ref>
;[[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||75
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||31
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||52
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||13
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||28
|-
|Others||28
|-
|'''Total'''||227
|}

;[[Pune Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||15
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||26
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||28
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||51
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||29
|-
|Others||3
|-
|'''Total'''||152
|}

;[[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||6
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||62
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||41
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||6
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||2
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||12
|-
|Others||16
|-
|'''Total'''||145
|}

;[[Thane Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||53
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||7
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||18
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||34
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||2
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||2
|-
|Others||14
|-
|'''Total'''||130
|}

;[[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||14
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||3
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||14
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||83
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||4
|-
|Others||10
|-
|'''Total'''||128
|}

;[[Nashik Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||19
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||14
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||15
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||20
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||40
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||3
|-
|Others||11
|-
|'''Total'''||122
|}

;[[Solapur Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||8
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||25
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||45
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||16
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||3
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||3
|-
|Others||2
|-
|'''Total'''||102
|}

;[[Amravati Municipal Corporation]] :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||10
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||7
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||25
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||17
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||6
|-
|Others||22
|-
|'''Total'''||87
|}

;[[Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||19
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||11
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||8
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||20
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||1
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||2
|-
|Others||17
|-
|'''Total'''||78
|}

;[[Akola Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Seats
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||8
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||18
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||18
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||5
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||1
|-
|Others||23
|-
|'''Total'''||73
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:2012 elections in India]]
[[Category:Local government in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:February 2012 events in India]]

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