Elections for Latur,
Parbhani and Chandrapur Municipal Corporations was held on April 19, 2017.Chandrapur,
Parbhani and Latur recorded 57 per cent, 70 per cent and 60 per cent voting,
respectively. Around 62 per cent people had exercised their franchise.
The Greater Latur
Municipal Corporation was established in 2011 along with Chandrapur and
Parbhani Municipal Corporations as their
population crossed the mark of 3,00,000 according to 2011 census.
The elections to three
municipal corporations in Maharashtra are considered as an acid test for the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition Congress and the NCP. The
stakes were high especially for the BJP as it was not in power in any of these
municipal corporations. A total of 1,285 candidates are in the fray for the 201
seats in Latur, Parbhani and Chandrapur municipal corporations, whose fate will
be decided by 7.93 lakh voters across 1,038 polling stations.
In 2012 elections were
held for the first time in these three Municipal Corporations and the out come
was as follows:
In Latur, Indian
National Congress won highest number of seats ie.49, Nationalist Congress Party
won 13 seats, Shiv Sena won 6 seats and Independents won 2 seats.
In Chandrapur Indian
National Congress (INC) won 26 seats, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won only
4 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party won 18, Shiv Sena (SS) won 6 seats, Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) won 2 , Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) won one seat,
Independents won 10 seats while one seat went to other registered party.
Thus the power of Latur
and Chandrapur Municipal Corporations vested in the hands of Indian National
Congress.
However in Parbhani the
power equation tilted in favour of NCP. In Parbhani Municipal Corporation, Nationalist Congress Party won highest number
of seats ie 30 seats where as Indian
National Congress won 23 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party could win only two seats
while Shiv Sena won 8 seats. Independent candidates won 2 seats.
The April 2017 elections changed this balance of political power. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won highest
number of seats in Latur and Chandrapur Municipal Corporations.
21st April 2017 Election Results for Latur, Chandrapur and Parbhani
Name of the Municipal Corporation
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Shiv Sena
|
Indian National Congress
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena
|
Bahujan Samaj Party
|
Others
|
Latur
|
36
|
0
|
33
|
1
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
Chandrapur
|
39
|
2
|
14
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
Parbhani
|
8
|
6
|
31
|
18
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
It won 36 seats in Latur
and 39 in Chandrapur as against INC which won 33 seats in Latur and 14seats in
Chandrapur. NCP could win only 1 seat in Latur and 2 in Chandrapur. Shiv Sena drew a blank in Latur MC where as it
could secure only 2 seats in Chandrapur. BSP secured 6 seats while MNS, Independents
and others secured 1 seat each.
However in Parbhani
Municipal Corporation, Indian National Congress managed to win highest
number of seats ie 31 seats and pushed NCP to second position. NCP secured 18
seats. BJP could win only 8 seats and SS 6 seats. Independents won 2 seats.
In the 70-member Latur
corporation, it was a test of political clout for BJP leader and state minister
Sambhajirao Nilangekar as well as the local Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh. Here
407 candidates were in the fray whose fate was decided by 2.78 lakh voters.
Chandrapur is the home turf of senior BJP leader
and Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, It was a challenge for him to wrest
the power from Congress and he emerged successful in his political strategy.
In Chandrapur Municipal Corporation elections
2017, 460 candidates were trying their luck whose fate was decided by 3.02
lakh voters. Polling for the 66 wards of the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation
elections was held on April 19. Chandrapur recorded 50 per cent voting.
In the 65-member Parbhani municipal
corporation, it was a test for district guardian minister and senior Sena
leader Diwakar Raote. There were 418 candidates in the fray; number of voters
is 2.12 lakh
Thus the Bharatiya
Janata Party has been successful in its political strategy in winning two of
these three Municipal Corpoartions and there by marginalising the Indian
National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.
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