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BMC Election 2017: Results will be out on this date | Who will win - BJP or Shiv Sena?
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election is a major prestige battle between Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election is a major prestige battle between Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is India’s richest civic body.
The result of BMC election 2017 will be out on 23 February.
The stakes are high for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, who have led their respective parties from the front and were involved in a high decibel and no holds barred campaign relegating the Opposition Congress and NCP to the background.
The big poll focus will be on 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), retaining control of which is vital for Shiv Sena as the city has remained its prime political space ever since the party's formation in 1966. Shiv Sena has been in power in BMC for over two decades.