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2016: BJP, Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP won

The Times of India, Dec 20 2016

Prafulla Marpakwar

Congress, which was down and out in the first two phases of municipal council elections in Maharashtra, came up with an impressive performance in the third phase, winning the maximum number of seats -126 -out of a total of 409. The BJP came second with 119 seats, followed by the NCP (79) and Shiv Sena (48).

Also, in the 19 councils in the Marathwada region that went to the polls in the third phase, the Congress won the same number of presidents' posts as the BJP: eight. The NCP won only one st of president, while post of president, while Shiv Sena failed to open its account in the region.

However, despite the Congress's comeback in the latest phase on the turf of former CM and state unit chief Ashok Chavan, the Fadnavis-led BJP has emerged as the biggest gainer in the polls, having won the largest number of posts of president and members in 197 councils.

BJP has secured 65 posts of president, followed by 34 by the Congress, 26 by Shiv Sena and 20 by NCP. Out of 4,560 members' seats, BJP has secured 1,093, while Congress won 899.