BJP-Shinde Sena Sweep Key Seats, Thackeray Brothers & Pawars Fall Short | Maharashtra Local Body Polls

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde's Shive Sena have swept key seats in the Maharashtra local body elections, as their Mahayuti alliance has crossed the half-way mark as per early trends of the poll results.

Meanwhile, the Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar reunion flopped in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, with BJP taking the lead in both places. The much-anticipated reunion of Thackeray cousins- Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray- also failed to clinch show expected result in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Mumbai.

As per early trends, the Mahayuti alliance is leading in 128 seats, while the MNS alliance is trailing with 68 leads in BMC.  BJP+Shinde dominants Mumbai, effectively ending the 25-year-old long stronghold of the Thackeray family on the capital city.

BJP has also emerged as the leading party in Nagpur, Pune, Thane, Nashik and Shambhajinagar Municipal Corporations.

The elections to 2,869 seats across 893 wards in Maharashtra were held on Thursday.

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