MUMBAI: As Maharashtra prepares for the announcement of municipal corporation election results tomorrow, the state’s political scene has turned into a maze of changing alliances, tactical collaborations and independent contests.Polling began at 7.30am on Thursday amid tight security arrangements across Mumbai and will continue until 5.30pm. Officials reported that an average of 6.98% of voters had exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.
A BMC spokesperson said the average voter turnout stood at 6.98% till 9.30am. Data released by the civic body showed wide variations in participation across wards. The highest turnout of 11.57% was recorded in ward number 18 in the western suburbs, while the lowest of 1.68% was reported in ward number 162 in the eastern suburbs.Key alliances: A tangle of parties and partnershipsMumbai
- BJP – Shiv Sena – RPI (Athawale) alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS – NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- Congress – Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA)
Pune
- BJP – RPI (Athawale) alliance
- Both NCP factions together
- Congress – Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
Thane
- BJP – Shiv Sena alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS – NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- Congress
- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA)
Navi Mumbai
- BJP
- Shiv Sena
- MNS – Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance
- NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- Congress
Kalyan–Dombivli
- BJP – Shiv Sena – RPI alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- Congress and NCP (SP) alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
Mira–Bhayandar
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- BJP – Shiv Sena – NCP alliance
- Congress-Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) alliance
Vasai–Virar
- BJP – Shiv Sena alliance
- Bahujan Vikas Aghadi – MNS alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- Congress
Ulhasnagar
- Shiv Sena – Omi Kalani – Sai Party alliance
- Congress – Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- BJP
Bhiwandi
- BJP – Shiv Sena alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar), NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- Samajwadi Party
- Congress
Pimpri–Chinchwad
- BJP – RPI (Athawale) alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar) – NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- Shiv Sena
- Congress
- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA)
Nagpur
- BJP – Shiv Sena alliance
- Congress
- Shiv Sena (UBT)
- NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA)
Amravati
- BJP
- Congress-led front
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- Shiv Sena-Prahaar alliance
- NCP (Sharad Pawar), Communist Party alliance
- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) – United Forum alliance
Akola
- BJP – NCP (Ajit Pawar) alliance
- Congress – NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS
- Shiv Sena
- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA)
- AIMIM
- AAP
Chandrapur
- BJP – Shiv Sena alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) alliance
- Congress
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- BSP
- AAP
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
- BJP
- Shiv Sena
- Shiv Sena (UBT)
- AIMIM
- NCP
- Congress-NCP (SP) alliance
Nanded
- BJP
- Shiv Sena (UBT)
- MNS
- NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- Shiv Sena – NCP (Ajit Pawar) alliance (16 seats)
- Congress-Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) alliance
Latur
- Congress – Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) alliance
- BJP
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- Shiv Sena
- Shiv Sena (UBT)
Parbhani
- Congress – Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance
- NCP (Ajit Pawar) – NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance
- BJP, Shiv Sena
Jalna
- NCP (Ajit Pawar) – MNS alliance
- Congress- Shiv Sena (UBT)- NCP (SP) alliance
- Shiv Sena
- BJP
Nashik
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS – NCP (Sharad Pawar) – Congress alliance
- Shiv Sena – NCP alliance
- BJP
Jalgaon
- BJP – ShivSena – NCP (Ajit Pawar) alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance
- Congress – Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) alliance
Dhule
- BJP
- Shiv Sena – NCP (Ajit Pawar) alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – NCP (Sharad Pawar) – Congress – MNS alliance
- AIMIM
Malegaon
- BJP
- Shiv Sena
- Congress
- NCP (Ajit Pawar)
- NCP (Sharad Pawar)
- AIMIM
- Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra Party (Islam)
Kolhapur
- BJP – Shiv Sena – NCP (Ajit Pawar) – ROI (Kawade) alliance
- Congress – Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance
- NCP (Sharad Pawar) – Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) – AAP alliance
Solapur
- Shiv Sena – NCP alliance
- Congress – NCP (Sharad Pawar) – Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance
- BJP
Sangli–Miraj–Kupwad
- BJP
- Congress – NCP (SP) alliance
- Shiv Sena (UBT) – MNS alliance
- NCP
Ichalkaranji
- BJP – Shiv Sena – NCP (Ajit Pawar) alliance
- Congress – MNS – NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance
- Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) – AAP alliance
