Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Elections 2017 Live Results: Shiv Sena Sweeps with 84 Seats

Elections to 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra were held on Tuesday and witnessed a turnout of 56%. Voter turnout for the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was 55%. 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. The two parties, which are in alliance at the state-level, parted ways for the civic polls. Other players vying for a share in the local polls are the Congress,

NCP, MNS and the AIMIM.

Apart from Mumbai, the municipal corporations which went to the polls were Thane, Ulhasnagar, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur.

Counting starts at 10 am.