Maharashtra civil polls: BJP bags 32 seats in Ulhasnagar, Shiv Sena 25

Ulhasnagar: In Ulhasnagar, the BJP grabbed 32 seats and Shiv Sena 25 of the total 78 seats on Thursday.

The NCP got four, Congress got one and independents and others grabbed 16 seats.

On the other hand, overall the saffron party scored a resounding victory in Maharashtra civil polls emerging as the largest party in eight of the 10 municipal corporations while finishing a close second to bellicose ally Shiv Sena in the latter's Mumbai bastion.

BJP was the number one party in Ulhasnagar, Nashik, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur. Shiv Sena led the tally in Mumbai and adjoining Thane.

Making giant strides in the Shiv Sena citadel of Mumbai, BJP won 82 seats in the fiercely fought BMC polls, just two less than the estranged saffron ally, but both were well short of the magic figure of 114 needed to control the civic body.

The hung verdict will reset the political calculations as no party is in the position to rule the country's richest civic body on its own and alliance seems inevitable.

However, it is not yet clear whether the saffron allies, who share power both in Maharashtra and at the Centre, will get back together or new combinations will emerge.

(With PTI inputs)