BMC polls: BJP gets 137 seats, Sena 90

In Maharashtra, the Mahayuti alliance has finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Under the agreed formula, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest 137 seats, while Shiv Sena will field candidates in 90 seats across Mumbai’s civic wards. The announcement came after intense discussions held just a day before the deadline for filing nomination papers, which closes on December 30. Mumbai BJP chief Amit Satam said both parties have agreed to share a portion of their allotted seats with smaller alliance partners. Candidates from the BJP and Shiv Sena are expected to submit their nomination papers on Tuesday.

भाजपा आणि शिवसेना महायुतीचे मुंबईतील जागावाटप पूर्ण झाले असून 137 जागा भाजपा तर 90 जागा शिवसेना लढवणार आहे. महायुतीचे इतर घटकपक्ष यात समाविष्ट असतील.
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Both parties will also accommodate their respective alliance partners by allocating seats from their allotted quotas. Another constituent of Mahayuti, the NCP, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is contesting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls separately. The NCP has so far announced 64 candidates for the BMC polls.

Elections to 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the high-stakes Mumbai, will be held on January 15, and votes will be counted the next day.The Congress has also announced its first list of candidates for the BMC polls, featuring 87 names. In this election, the Congress has formed an alliance with Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), and both parties have reached a final agreement on seat sharing. Out of the 227 BMC seats, the Congress will contest 165 seats, while the VBA will contest 62 seats.