The final leg of the battle for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which witnessed a pitched battle between estranged ruling saffron allies Shiv Sena and the BJP,has ended with Shiv Sena emerging as the single largest party and BJP winning in around 78 seats.
Will the old partners-turned-rivals bury the hatchet and form an alliance to rule the civic body?
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4.30 pm: BJP's Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar declares party's win on 81 seats and claims support of 4 other corporators. (ANI)
4.15 pm: Senior BJP leader and Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde has announced her decision to submit her resignation after a humiliating electoral defeat of BJP in her constituency, Parli, in Beed district.
4.00 pm: Latest positions: Shiv Sena 84, BJP 80, Congress 31, MNS 7, NCP 9, MIM 1,others 6
2.35 pm: Shiv Sena leads in 93 wards, BJP in 80 wards and Congress in 29 wards
1.30 pm: After the party logs poor performance in the BMC polls, Sanjay Nirupam offers resignation from the post of Mumbai regional Congress committee chairman post
1.15 pm: Shiv Sena leads in 90 seats, BJP in 54
1.00 pm: BJP MP Kirit Somaiya's son Neil wins from ward number 108
12.40 pm: Shiv Sena leading in 85 wards, BJP in 52 wards, Congress in 16 wards
12.20 pm: Ex-Shiv Sena Mayor Shraddha Jadhav wins consecutively for the 6th time from ward no. 202
12.05 pm: Shiv Sena leads in 75 wards, BJP in 40 wards, Congress in 11 wards
11.50 am: BMC polls — Shiv Sena leading in 57 wards, BJP in 34 wards, Congress in 8 wards, MNS in 5 wards, NCP in 4 wards and others in 1 ward
11.25 am: Counting of votes for 151 wards in Nagpur underway; BJP leading in 16 wards and Congress in 4 wards. In Thane Municipal Corporation, Shiv Sena leads in 10 wards, NCP in 1 and MNS in 1
11.40 am: Shiv Sena leads in 49 seats, BJP close behind with 32 in the BMC polls
11.06 am: As the counting proceeds, Shiv Sena leads in 36 wards, BJP in 24 wards, Congress in 6 wards, MNS in 4 wards and NCP in 2 wards
10.50 am: BJP leads in 9 wards and Congress in 1 ward in Nagpur
10.30 am: As counting commences in Mumbai, Shiv Sena takes early lead on ward no 200 and 202, while BJP leads on ward no 218.
(All pictures from ANI Twitter)
(Data from ANI Twitter)