BMC Mayor 2017 Shiv Sena Vishwanath Mahadeshwar who will be Mumbai Mayor BMC polls elections
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BMC Mayor Candidate BJP Shiv Sena 2017 who will be Mumbai polls
Shiv Sena’s Vishwanath Mahadeshwar - He is a 3 time corporator from Santa Cruz and is a principal of a college
| Party | Seats |
| BJP | 82 |
| SS | 84 |
| INC | 31 |
| NCP | 9 |
| MNS | 7 |
| Others | 14 |
| Total | 227/227 |
- Out of 227 seats , Shiv Sena won 84 seats and BJP close behind with 82 seats. Since SS has maximum seats it would have a mayor from SS.
- But Without Support of BJP Shiv Sena can't have a Mayor.
- This year the mayor in Mumbai will be selected from an open (male) category, the current mayor Snehal Ambekar will won’t be eligible.
- Names doing the round for Mayor are - Two-time Shiv Sena corporator Mangesh Satamkar’s - He contested from Sion Koliwada region and won with huge margins from there. Satamkar is also the former education committee chairman in BMC. (ALSO: BJP Election Results Live)
- Corporator Yashwant Jadhav who won the BMC elections from Nagpada and Ramakant Rahate, a winner from Worli, are two other contenders for Mayor’s position. Also, Shailesh Phanse, who was one of the top contenders for the mayor’s post in BMC had to face a huge setback today after he lost from SAndheri (West).
- Former MLA and mayor Milind Vaidya is one of the top choices for the post of mayor in BMC. Milind Vaidya, who faced a defeat in the last election, made a come back this year.
- On the other side the BJP appeared to be softening its stand against Shiv Sena and said the latter will now have to take the first step to deciding the future.
- In BMC the Sena has been in power for over two decades.