In Solapur, the pocketborough of former Union home

minister Sushilkumar Shinde, the BJP bagged 49 out of 102 seats, followed by the Shiv Sena 21, the Congress 14, the NCP four, the MIM nine, the BSP four seats and the CPI(M) one seat.

Of the 80 seats in Akola Municipal Corporation, the BJP pocketed 48, the Congress 13, the Shiv Sena eight, independents six and the NCP five.

In Amravati civic body, out of 87 seats, the BJP won 45, independents 20, the Congress 15 and the Shiv Sena seven.

In Buldhana Zilla Parishad, the BJP won 24 out of 60 seats. The party is set to come to power in Wardha (31 out of 52), Chandrapur (33 out of 52) and Latur (37 out of 58). It is short of one seat in Jalgaon as it won 33 out of 67 seats.

It has scored well in Sangli (23 out of 60) Gadchiroli (20 out of 51) and Osmanabad (22 out of 56). In many districts, the BJP had opened its account for the first time.

As many as 11,989 candidates were in the fray for 2,567 seats across 14 zilla parishads and 165 panchayat samitis which went to polls in first phase on February 16.

In the second phase held on February 21, a total of 9,208 candidates were in the fray for 1,268 seats of the ten municipal corporations. In 11 zilla parishads, 2,956 contestants were in the contest for 654 seats, and 5,167 nominees for 1,288 seats in 118 panchayat samitis.

In the Nagar Parishad and Municipal Council polls held in November last year, the BJP had notched up the highest number of seats (851 as against 396 in the previous, 2011 polls). Of the 147 municipal councils that went to the polls on November 27, the BJP won 47 at a time when the fallout of the demonetisation decision was still unfolding.

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