Nagpur: Counting of votes for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) elections commenced on Friday, with early trends indicating a decisive lead for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As per initial figures flashed by television news channels, the BJP is ahead in 109 of the 151 civic seats. The early trends are available from all 151 seats.
The Congress is leading in 30 seats, while the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) has secured a lead in 4 seats. Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Ajit Pawar) are leading in one seat each. NCP (Sharad Pawar) has drawn a blank so far. Independents have taken the lead in 6 seats.
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In the Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections for 151 total seats, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has fielded a strong lineup with BJP contesting 143 seats and Shiv Sena 8, while Congress has put forward 151 candidates to challenge across all wards. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is contesting 96 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) has named 56 contenders, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is in the fray for 22 seats, and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction has announced 79 candidates.
The ruling Mahayuti alliance comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar). The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) includes the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar), and the Indian National Congress.
NMC elections featured 992 candidates contesting 151 seats across 38 wards, following an initial surge of 1,386 nominations for polls delayed nearly eight years since the 2017 body’s dissolution in March 2022. Scrutiny validated 1,294 forms (535 by women), rejecting 80 (39 women’s), with no official BJP or Congress nominees disqualified, though zone-wise data reveals Lakadganj leading withdrawals at 43, followed by Mangalwari (37), Satranjipura (35), Dhantoli and Nehru Nagar (33 each), Gandhibagh-Mahal (30), Hanuman Nagar (28), Ashi Nagar (27), Dharampeth (24), and Laxmi Nagar (12), streamlining contests and reducing Independents to sharpen major-party clashes- Zone 9 boasts 180 contestants (92 women), Zone 1 the lowest at 75 (34 women).
