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| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Mar 04, 2017, 03:05 PM IST
Polling for the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and 9 other civic bodies across Maharashtra took place on Tuesday with estranged allies BJP and Shiv Sena at the forefront of this battle of might.
Apart from the 10 civic bodies, the second phase of polling for 11 Zilla Parishads (ZPs) and 118 panchayat samitis was also conducted.
Stakes are high for Fadnavis and Thackeray, who have led their respective parties from the front and were involved in a high decibel and no holds barred campaign.
The big poll focus is on Brihanmumbai Municipal Cooperation (BMC) — one of the world's largest city bodies, boasting of an annual budget of over Rs 37,000 crore — retaining control of which is vital for Shiv Sena as the city has remained its prime political space ever since the party's formation in 1966.
Fadnavis exuded confidence that people will support the party on basis of the work it has done.
Fadnavis, along with his wife Amruta and mother, voted in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation election at a booth near their residence in Dharampeth in Nagpur.
In Mumbai, NCP chief Sharad Pawar was among those who voted early as polling began at a brisk pace this morning.
Pawar voted at a polling booth in Ward 214 here which incidentally doesn't have an NCP candidate.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, wife Rashmi and sons Aditya and Tejas voted at a booth near their residence in suburban Bandra.
Other leaders who were among early voters in Mumbai were former CM Manohar Joshi, MNS chief Raj Thackeray, BJP MP Poonam Mahajan and Shaina NC.
Several eminent personalities and celebs including former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro, Joint Police Commissioner (law and order) Deven Bharti, Election Commissioner KS Saharia, BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, actress Anushka Sharma, Rekha; filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Gulzar besides former cricketer Sandeep Patil also exercised their voting rights.
Zee 24 Taas exit poll prediction:
Nagpur - 151
Shiv Sena - 4-6
BJP - 84-87
Congress - 34-36
NCP - 4-6
BSP - 12-15
Others - 10-15
Nashik - 122
Shiv Sena - 45-50
BJP - 35-40
Congress - 2-7
NCP - 5-10
MNS - 10-15
Others - 10-15
Pimpri Chinchwad - 128
Shiv Sena - 22-27
Congress - 0-1
BJP - 35-40
NCP - 60-65
MNS - 0-1
Others - 2-5
Final voter turnout in all Muncipal Corporations and their comparison to previous polls':
| 2012 | 2017 | |
| Solapur | 52% | 60% |
| Amravati | 55% | 55% |
| Akola | 56% | 56% |
| Nagpur | 52% | 53% |
| Pimpri Chinchwad | 52% | 67% |
| Thane | 53% | 58% |
| Nashik | 56.98% | 60% |
| Ulhasnagar | 42% | 54% |
| Pune | 51% | 54% |
| Mumbai | 45% | 55% |
Zee 24 Taas exit poll prediction:
BMC - 227
BJP - 78-82
Shiv Sena - 90-96
Congress - 27-30
NCP - 3-5
MNS - 5-9
Others - 12-17
Thane - 131
BJP - 20-25
Shiv Sena - 60-65
Congress - 3-5
NCP - 28-30
MNS - 2-3
Others - 5-7
Pune - 162
BJP - 55-60
Shiv Sena - 12-17
Congress - 16-21
NCP - 55-60
MNS - 6-11
Others - 5-10
Of 1704 booths 59% voting in 848 booths in Thane.
14 non-cognisable offence registered in Mumbai today.
One cognisable offence registered at Antop Hill for obstructing a government officer from discharging his duty.
Peaceful polling in Mumbai.
No serious incident in Mumbai City.
#BMCElections2017 | Not just me, names of 12 lakh people missing from the voting list: #VarunDhawan https://t.co/QjmzeXl9tK @varun_dvn
— dna After Hrs (@dnaAfterHrs) February 21, 2017
BMC Elections 2017: Three deceased members from one family still on voters' list! https://t.co/PGoRyjXhTn reports @lifeofapatrakar
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
India Today-Axis Survey exit polls for Thane predict:
- Shiv Sena to bag 62 to 70 seats
- BJP to get 26-33 seats
- NCP may secure 29-34 seats
- Congress to trail with 2-6 seats
Exit polls for Pune, which has 162, predict:
- BJP - 77 to 85 seats
- Congress + NCP - 60 to 66 seats
- Shiv Sena - 10 to 13 seats
- MNS - 3 to 6 seats
- Others - 1 to 2 seats
Nagpur exit poll results:
- BJP - 98 to 110
- Congress - 35 to 41
- Shiv Sena - 2 to 4
India Today-Axis Survey for BMC exit polls:
- BJP to get 80-88 seats
- Shiv Sena to get 86-92 seats
- Congress may secure 30-34 seats
- NCP could manage to get mere 6-9 seats in their kitty
- MNS may have a considerable fall to 5-7, from the previous 28 seats
Thank you #Mumbai for the record voting percentage & people from all Municipal Corporations & ZP for participating in festival of democracy!
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) February 21, 2017
Earlier visuals of Shah Rukh Khan after casting his vote at a polling booth in Mumbai #BMCelection pic.twitter.com/Hi4AO6n7cC
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2017
Polling ends. Voting percentage till 5.30 PM:
- BMC - 52.17%
- Thane - 53.11%
- Ulhasnagar - 46.83%
- Nasik - 52.63%
- Pune - 49.52%
- Pimpri Chinchwad - 51.86%
- Solapur - 44%
- Akola - 42.39%
- Nagpur - 49.95%
- Amravati - 51.62%
#BMCElection Sanjay Dutt's wife Manyata Dutt, Aamir Khan's wife Kiran cast their vote in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/qFWJaYjWve
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2017
#BMCElection Celebrities John Abraham, Prem Chopra, Subhash Ghai cast their vote at different polling booths in Mumbai, today. pic.twitter.com/vcZ8RSYSyA
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2017
TMC Elections 2017: Shiv Sena worker caught distributing cash, thrashed by locals in Thane https://t.co/BjQyRnhP3W by @journoImran
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Drones used to monitor polling area in Wagle estate, Thane after a man was held while distributing cash.
Do Read: #BMCPolls | Journey of BMC’s first transgender candidate Priya Patil https://t.co/2G29IpxSYk pens @_oregano_ pic.twitter.com/QUqBRVTphe
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
THIS is why #AkshayKumar, #DeepikaPadukone, #AliaBhatt, #SunnyLeone and other couldn't cast a vote in #BMCelection https://t.co/jUSImiLodD
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Kalanagar voters disappointed
Residents of 5 MIG colony and two chawls from Kalanagar not listed in voters list.
Thane: Four panel voting system confuses senior citizen https://t.co/N1Glzt8UM6 by @naveetasingh
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Hema Malini after casting her vote.
Barkat school booth in Ward 165 over 2000 voters are still waiting to vote.
Sonali Kulkarni castes her vote.
Missing names of voters reported from various booths.
Voter list handed over to candidates and those given in polling booths seems to be different.
Polling agents complain that polling stations are not provided with the master list of voters.
Voting percentage till 3:30 PM:
- BMC - 41.32%
- Thane - 45.05%
- Nasik - 43.33%
- Pune - 43%
- Pimpri Chinchwad - 43.80%
- Solapur - 43%
- Akola - 46.30%
- Nagpur - 40%
Poll percentage of Mumbai touches 41.3% by 3:30 PM. Maharashtra State Election Commission hopes it would cross the 2012 turn out of 44%.
Only 32.1% polling recorded till 1:30
WATCH: Man who suffers from paralysis overcomes hurdles to make his #VoteCount! #GetInked #BMCPolls #BMCElections2017 pic.twitter.com/L0i1rYzvwd
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCElections: Mangesh Parab, Shiv Sena's Worli Block president voted with his family in saffron attire https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/x92LSh2Ysn
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCElections: Police protection increased after protest at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in #Ghatkopar over missing names. pic.twitter.com/GPMBCV6svX
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali voted in Bandra at around noon on Tuesday. After casting their ballot, Tendulkar spoke to the media and urged Mumbaikars to vote.
“Instead of complaining and being unhappy about the troubles, come out and vote. Bring in that change. My request is to come here and vote,” he said in both English and Marathi.
TMC polls:
⇒ Sena party worker thrashed by locals at Ambika Nagar in Thane while allegedly distributing money. Wagle Estate police are questioning him.
⇒ Over 200 Rabodi residents left fuming after their names are deleted from the list.
#BMCelection facility for wheelchair bound at The Scholar High School in #Colaba https://t.co/VMLnbbe1H2 #BMCPolls pic.twitter.com/3cNXPs9iSv
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Prafull Shah (85) and wife Hansa Shah (on wheel chair) who suffered a stroke recently, casted her vote https://t.co/VMLnbbe1H2 pic.twitter.com/wymLCByoNG
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Uddhav Thackeray and family cast their vote.
Exercised my voting right!
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) February 21, 2017
Did my duty.
Did you?
मी माझा मतदानाचा हक्क बजावला! तुम्ही?#Voted4Transparency#VoteKarMaharashtra pic.twitter.com/3trkPGcJCz
#BMCPolls: 78-year-old Ashok Varadkar got down to vote after 15 years. @GandhiForum https://t.co/VMLnbbe1H2 pic.twitter.com/9gCI0yoDGU
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: MoS Education & Housing @RavindraWaikar & his wife after casting vote https://t.co/VMLnbbe1H2 pic.twitter.com/z0P2wWFX4D
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: Multiple lines at the RR Education Complex at Mhada Colony near Navghar PS in #Mulund East. https://t.co/VMLnbbe1H2 @NairBinoo pic.twitter.com/WcS7LpTBJQ
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: Dalshata polekar, class-12 student of Kamraj college comes to vote for the first time https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C @PLotlikar pic.twitter.com/lb0gh40pyN
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Voting so far...
Malad: 8.55
Borivali: 9.91
Goregaon: 8.68
Bhandup: 7.88
Ghatkopar: 4.60
Worli - 8.02
#BMCPolls: Raj Thackeray with family members after casting vote. https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/k583v0ewxw
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Cycle to vote , walk to vote, but VOTE pic.twitter.com/SqtN4plYYl
— ShainaNC (@ShainaNC) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: Shaina NC casts her vote; says "cycle to vote, walk to vote, but VOTE" pic.twitter.com/nwMWcHfxEB
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: #MNS chief Raj Thackeray casting his vote https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/5z7KXbEG33
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: Senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi at Balmohan, Dadar https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/7l9r7ggdYY
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: 92-year-old Churchgate resident Soran Gupta casts her vote at KC college https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/7FWvAo1SV4
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Voting was slow in the Gavnipada PK Road area of Mulund (Ward 103) from where BJP's senior leader and BMC party house leader Manoj Kotak is contesting.
The area has transformed into a hub of highrises and one volunteer at a helpdesk said it is possible that several of the residents of these building might be having their names registered at other places.
Kotak is contesting against the Congress' Dr RR Singh.
With inputs from @NairBinoo
#BMCPolls: Voters using mobile apps to search their name https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C @GandhiForum pic.twitter.com/6bgXGQA3yx
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Meet Krushnakumar Pradhan (83) spreading awareness that there is no queue for senior citizens @dna #GetInkedMumbai #BMCPolls #BMCelection pic.twitter.com/pG7TzUWyq3
— Anagha Sawant (@SawantAnagha) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls 84-year-old PD Muley believes change will happen and his vote matters, @GandhiForum https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/GCKy0FLmyX
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari casts his vote for #Nagpur Municipal Corporation polls https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/lYMp6P3lZO
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#BMCPolls: @AnushkaSharma casts her vote. Says voting is our duty towards our country; appeals to go out & vote https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/YYn602KC91
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh casts his vote
Mumbai: Deepak Parekh,Chairman HDFC casts his vote,says, #DeMonetisation has nothing to do with these polls&we need to move on #BMCelection pic.twitter.com/ROFUP8sZA3
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 21, 2017
I urge all my fellow Mumbaikars to come out of their homes, offices and cast their votes in the BMC elections
— Dr. Subhash Chandra (@subhashchandra) February 21, 2017
VIDEO: #Rekha at Mount Mary polling booth to cast her vote for #BMCelection pic.twitter.com/QahhMTcdHS
— TweetABollywoodSong (@TweetABollySong) February 21, 2017
#BMC: Municipal Commissioner of #Mumbai Ajoy Mehta casts his vote at Pedder Road #BMCelection https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C pic.twitter.com/RpldhOBBBD
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
Brisk polling at ward 108 Somaiya versus Sena
By @NairBinoo
Brisk voting began at ward 108 covering the Amar Nagar-Shastri Nagar area of Mulund West with several polling booths at the Guru Govind BMC school having crossed about 50 voters by 9am.
The seat has become a prestigious one because the Shiv Sena's bete noir abd BJP Member of Parliament Kirit Somaiya's son Neil is contesting.
Due to Somaiya's regular attacks of corruption on Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, the Sena would dearly want its candidate Mukesh Karia to defeat Neil. Infact on the last day of campaigning on Sunday, Sena heir apparent Aditya Thackeray led a well-attended bike rally to bolster Karia's chances.
A poster in Thane west's Ashar Residency housing society which is also a polling booth. pic.twitter.com/q6I7w5ZuIj
— Kanchan Srivastava (@Ms_Aflatoon) February 21, 2017
Police seizes two cars full of liquor before BMC polls
The Kurar Police seized two cars full of liquor last night ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls. The liquor was seized after a tip-off to police by a person that the liquor were being transported for distributing it ahead of the BMC polls.
#BMC: Tina Ambani casts her vote at a polling booth in #Colaba, says she voted for good work in #Mumbai city https://t.co/VMLnbbvD5C (ANI) pic.twitter.com/z9UZGGc494
— DNA (@dna) February 21, 2017
#GetInkedMumbai #BMCPolls #BMCElections begins... Mumbai select your next 5 years future wisely... pic.twitter.com/10iHYjUfcW
— Anagha Sawant (@SawantAnagha) February 21, 2017
People queue up at a booth on Mumbai's Pedder Road
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat casts his vote at a polling booth in Bharat Mahila Vidyalaya for Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections.
