Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

There are not enough champions of better urban governance in major political parties

23 BMC workers, including two women, all aged between 30 and 50, recently cleared Maharashtra Board's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) class X examination

Vishwanath Mahadeshwar's election as the 76th mayor of Mumbai comes as the culmination of a fierce battle between Shiv Sena and BJP for the political reins of the city

Conceding BMC to Shiv Sena seen as Devendra Fadnavis's long-term strategy to consolidate BJP's gains across Maharashtra, restrict Shiv Sena to Mumbai

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says BJP's municipal corporators will vote for the Shiv Sena nominees in the mayoral and deputy mayoral elections

Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut also denies that the party has approached Congress for support

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The BMC election results trends show the Shiv Sena leaving its main rival BJP with less than 70 seats.

Voting for the 227 municipal wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and other urban civic bodies ended at 5.30pm

Polling is underway for 10 municipal corporations, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations and 11 zila parishads in Maharashtra. Voting will close at 5.30pm