2012 Maharashtra local elections

Elections for zila parishads and panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012. 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 rules the day before, day of and day after the elections were a dry day in the jurisdictions that held elections.

Parties

The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:

	Contesting parties	Seats won	Bodies won
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party	Template:Composition bar	Pune Pimpri-Chinchwad
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	Template:Composition bar	Solapur Amravati
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena	Template:Composition bar	Brihanmumbai Thane
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	Template:Composition bar	Akola Nagpur
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	Template:Composition bar	Nashik
	Others	Template:Composition bar

Results

The results by municipality were:

Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika

	Party	Seats
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena	75	Template:Decrease 07
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	31	Template:Increase 03
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	52	Template:Decrease 24
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party	13	Template:Decrease 01
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	28	Template:Increase 21
	Others	28	Template:Increase 01
	Total	227

Pune Municipal Corporation

Party		Seats
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena	15	Template:Decrease 05
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	26	Template:Increase 01
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	28	Template:Decrease 07
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party	51	Template:Increase 05
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	29	Template:Increase 21
	Others	3	Template:Decrease 11
	Total	152

Nagpur Municipal Corporation

	Party	Seats
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena	6	Template:Decrease 01
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	62	Template:Increase 08
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	41	Template:Increase 08
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party	6	Template:Decrease 02
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2	Template:Increase 02
	Bahujan Samaj Party	12	Template:Increase 12
	Others	16	Template:Increase 16
	Total	145

Thane Municipal Corporation

Party		Seats
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Shiv Sena	53	Template:Increase 07
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Bharatiya Janata Party	7	Template:Increase 07
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indian National Congress	18	Template:Increase 01
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nationalist Congress Party	34	Template:Decrease 01
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	2	Template:Increase 02
	Bahujan Samaj Party	2	Template:Increase 02
	Others	14	Template:Increase 14
	Total	130

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Nationalist Congress Party	83	Template:Increase 22
Indian National Congress	14	Template:Decrease 06
Shiv Sena	14	Template:Decrease 01
Bharatiya Janata Party	3	Template:Increase 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	4	Template:Increase 04
Others	10	Template:Steady
Total	128

Nashik Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	40	Template:Increase 28
Nationalist Congress Party	20	Template:Increase 03
Shiv Sena	19	Template:Decrease 01
Indian National Congress	15	Template:Decrease 06
Bharatiya Janata Party	14	Template:Decrease 06
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	Template:Increase 03
Others	11	Template:Steady
Total	122

Solapur Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	45	Template:Increase 05
Bharatiya Janata Party	25	Template:Increase 10
Nationalist Congress Party	16	Template:Increase 02
Shiv Sena	8	Template:Decrease 01
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	Template:Decrease 01
Bahujan Samaj Party	3	Template:Increase 03
Others	2	Template:Decrease 01
Total	102

Amravati Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	25	Template:Decrease 06
Nationalist Congress Party	17	Template:Decrease 02
Shiv Sena	10	Template:Increase 09
Bharatiya Janata Party	7	Template:Increase 01
Bahujan Samaj Party	6	Template:Increase 03
Others	22	Template:Decrease 01
Total	87

Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Nationalist Congress Party	20	Template:Increase 02
Shiv Sena	19	Template:Increase 01
Bharatiya Janata Party	11	Template:Increase 04
Indian National Congress	8	Template:Decrease 02
Bahujan Samaj Party	2	Template:Increase 02
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	Template:Increase 01
Others	17	Template:Increase 01
Total	78

Akola Municipal Corporation

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	18	Template:Increase 04
Indian National Congress	18	Template:Decrease 02
Shiv Sena	8	Template:Increase 04
Nationalist Congress Party	5	Template:Decrease 03
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	Template:Increase 01
Others	23	Template:Increase 11
Total	73