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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2012 Maharashtra Local Body election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| election_date = 7 February 2012
| next_election = 2016-17 Maharashtra local elections
| next_year = 2016-17
| seats_for_election = Around 1224 to 10 Municipal Corporations
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg|Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011 |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=05 |oLeft=6 |Location=center}}
| leader2 = [[Prithviraj Chavan]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats2 = 264
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 = 
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=05 |oLeft=6 |Location=center}}
| leader4 = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| party4 = Shiv Sena
| leaders_seat4 =
| seats4 = 227
| alliance4 = National Democratic Alliance
| popular_vote4 =
| percentage4 =
| swing4 = 
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shri Ajit Anantrao Pawar.jpg |bSize=125 |cWidth=110 |cHeight=150 |oTop=05 |oLeft=6 |Location=center}}
| leader1 = [[Ajit Pawar]]
| party1 = Nationalist Congress Party
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| seats1 = 265
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 = 
| image5 =
| leader5 = [[Gopinath Munde]]
| party5 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leaders_seat =
| seats5 = 205
| popular_vote5 =
| percentage5 =
| swing5 = 
| title =
| before_election =
| before_party =
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}}
{{Politics of India}}

Elections for '''[[District Councils of India|zila parishads]]''' and '''[[panchayat samiti]]''' were held on 7 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/panchayat-zilla-parishad-elections-in-maharashtra-92200-2012-02-07|title=Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra|work=[[India Today]]|date=7 February 2012|accessdate=26 August 2020}}</ref> '''[[Municipality|Municipal elections]]''' were held across various cities in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, [[Mumbai]], resulted in a plurality for the [[Shiv Sena]] and the second largest city of [[Pune]] resulted in a [[Nationalist Congress Party]] plurality.

==Rules==
According to the [[Election Commission of India]]'s [[Alcohol laws of India#Maharashtra|rules]] the day before, day of and day after the elections were a [[Alcohol laws of India|dry day]] in the jurisdictions that held elections.

==Parties==
The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Contesting parties
!Seats won
!Bodies won
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|{{Composition bar|265|1224|{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|
* Pune
* Pimpri-Chinchwad
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|{{Composition bar|264|1224|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|
* Solapur
* Amravati
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|{{Composition bar|227|1244|{{party color|Shiv Sena}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|
* Brihanmumbai
* Thane
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|{{Composition bar|204|1244|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|
* Akola
* Nagpur
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}" |
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]
|{{Composition bar|107|1244|{{party color|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|
* Nashik
|-
|
|Others
|{{Composition bar|177|1244|{{party color|Others}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|
|}
*

==Results==
The results by municipality were:<ref>{{cite web|author=Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AsTha_h2wXTSdGJOM3lBaGdPamkwalVIaHJtOEZ4Z0E&gid=0 |title=Result sheet - Municipal Corporation 2012 - Google Drive |publisher=Docs.google.com |date= |accessdate=2021-03-12}}</ref>
;[[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|[[Shiv Sena]]||75
|{{Decrease}} 07
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||31
|{{Increase}} 03
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]||52
|{{Decrease}} 24
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||13
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}" |
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||28
|{{Increase}} 21
|-
|
|Others||28
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
!
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |227
|}

;[[Pune Municipal Corporation]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |Party!! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|[[Shiv Sena]]||15
|{{Decrease}} 05
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||26
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]||28
|{{Decrease}} 07
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||51
|{{Increase}} 05
|-
|
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||29
|{{Increase}} 21
|-
|
|Others||3
|{{Decrease}} 11
|-
!
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |152
|}

;[[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|[[Shiv Sena]]||6
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||62
|{{Increase}} 08
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]||41
|{{Increase}} 08
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||6
|{{Decrease}} 02
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}" |
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||2
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||12
|{{Increase}} 12
|-
|
|Others||16
|{{Increase}} 16
|-
!
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |145
|}

;[[Thane Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |Party!! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Shiv Sena}}" |
|[[Shiv Sena]]||53
|{{Increase}} 07
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||7
|{{Increase}} 07
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]||18
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||34
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
|
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||2
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||2
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|
|Others||14
|{{Increase}} 14
|-
!
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |130
|}

;[[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||83
|{{Increase}} 22
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||14
|{{Decrease}} 06
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||14
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||3
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||4
|{{Increase}} 04
|-
|Others||10
|{{Steady}}
|-
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |128
|}

;[[Nashik Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||40
|{{Increase}} 28
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||20
|{{Increase}} 03
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||19
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||15
|{{Decrease}} 06
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||14
|{{Decrease}} 06
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||3
|{{Increase}} 03
|-
|Others||11
|{{Steady}}
|-
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |122
|}

;[[Solapur Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||45
|{{Increase}} 05
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||25
|{{Increase}} 10
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||16
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||8
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||3
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||3
|{{Increase}} 03
|-
|Others||2
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |102
|}

;[[Amravati Municipal Corporation]] :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||25
|{{Decrease}} 06
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||17
|{{Decrease}} 02
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||10
|{{Increase}} 09
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||7
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||6
|{{Increase}} 03
|-
|Others||22
|{{Decrease}} 01
|-
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |87
|}

;[[Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||20
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||19
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||11
|{{Increase}} 04
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||8
|{{Decrease}} 02
|-
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]||2
|{{Increase}} 02
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||1
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
|Others||17
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |78
|}

;[[Akola Municipal Corporation]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! colspan="2" | Seats
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||18
|{{Increase}} 04
|-
|[[Indian National Congress]]||18
|{{Decrease}} 02
|-
|[[Shiv Sena]]||8
|{{Increase}} 04
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]||5
|{{Decrease}} 03
|-
|[[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]]||1
|{{Increase}} 01
|-
|Others||23
|{{Increase}} 11
|-
!'''Total'''!! colspan="2" |73
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Maharashtra elections}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maharashtra municipal elections, 2012}}
[[Category:Local elections in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:2012 elections in India]]
[[Category:February 2012 in India]]

2012 Maharashtra local elections - Revision history

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