However, no confirmation came from the authorities. About 90 per cent of voting was seen at seven civic bodies Mumbai, Kolhapur, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Dhule, Buldana and Akola for the polls of the Legislative Council. Congress Bhai Jagtap, Shiv Sena’s Ramdas Kadam and NCP member Prasad Lad contested two seats. In Solapur two candidates contested for one seat and 396 corporators voted.. The NCP dominates the Upper House with 28 members. In Ahmednagar, four candidates were in the race for one seat and 429 corporators cast their vote. Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena and BJP were in alliance for the polls. Despite this, there were reports that a few Congress corporators cross-voted. For two seats in Mumbai, three candidates were in fray and 201 out of 230 corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cast their votes. This election is prestigious for the BJP, which needs to increase its strength in the Upper House of the legislature. The BJP at present has only 12 members in the 78-member House.About 90 per cent of voting was seen at seven civic bodies Mumbai, Kolhapur, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Dhule, Buldana and Akola for the polls of the Legislative Council. Congress-NCP also issued a whip to vote only to the Congress candidate to its corporators. In
Wholesale Printing Toilet Seats Kolhapur two candidates contested for one seat and voting was 100 per cent. Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Girish Vyas from Nagpur seat was elected unopposed to the Legislative Council, as the Opposition did not field a candidate. In Dhule-Nandurbar, two candidates contested for one seat and 392 have voted. However, NCP fielded Lad against Congress-NCP’s official candidate Bhai Jagtap and later disowned him. MNS’ 29 corporators remained abstained from voting. The polling was conducted for seven seats on Sunday for which counting will be done on December 30. For one seat in Akola, two candidates contested and 786 corporators voted.
