Jalgaon Municipal Corporation Election Results Live: The newly elected Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) will have a total of 07 Muslim members, and surprisingly none of them are from Congress or Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) - the two parties claiming to be working for the community.
The counting of votes for Jalgaon Municipal Corporation 2018 elections was held today. The result showed along with Hindus and people from other religions and communities, Muslims too have rejected the Congress party and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
In a spectacular performance, the BJP has won 57 of the total 75 seats in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) 2018 elections. Of them 02 newly elected members - Khan Rukhsana Bi (Prabhag 01) and Shaikh Hasina Sharif (Prabhag 10), are Muslims.
Shiv Sena came second winning 15 seats. Out of them 02 newly elected corporators - Shaikh Shabana Sadik (Sena Prabhag 15) and Patel Inrahim Musa (Sena Prabhag 18), are Muslims.
Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) which has contested the Jalgaon local body election for the first time won 03 seats. All of them are Muslims. They are: Bagban Riyaz Ahmed Abdul Karim (Prabhag 18), Shaikh Syeda Yusuf (Prabhag 18) and Deshmukh Sunnabi Raju (Prabhag 18).
This is for the first time so many Muslims have been elected in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections. The reason that Muslims have chosen BJP, Shiv Sena and AIMIM rejecting their usual choice Congress or NCP must set alarm bell ringing in secular circles.
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07:00 pm In a surprising comeback after recent defeats in Nanded Municipal Corporation and other elections, Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won 03 seats in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) 2018 elections results of which were declared today afternoon.
AIMIM's victory in 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections is significant as the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have completely wiped off from the Jalgaon civic body while Shiv Sena somehow won just 15 seats.
Besides AIMIM which had fielded Muslims in the areas dominated by the community, the BJP had also fielded Muslim candidates in these areas for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. With some of the Muslims winning the 2018 Jalgaon elections on BJP tickets, the number of Muslims in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) is bound to improve.
02:45 pm The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which had just 15 members in the last boday has come out with a spectacular performance by leading in 57 of the total 75 seats of Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) where counting of votes for the 2018 local body elections is still underway.
The BJP led by Girish Mahajan and Shiv Sena led by Sureshdada Jain have formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. Trends at 02:45 pm showed the BJP leading in 57 seats whereas its alliance partner Shiv Sena is ahead in 15 seats. Others are leading in the remaining 03 seats.
Facing a humiliating defeat in the elections, none of the Congres, NCP, SP and Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM candidates are in the race anywhere in the city.
12:00 pm The BJP led by Girish Mahajan and Shiv Sena led by Sureshdada Jain have formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. Trends at 12:00 pm showed the BJP leading in 57 seats whereas its alliance partner Shiv Sena is ahead in 14 seats.
11:30 am The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena are heading for a landslide victory in Jalgaon where counting of votes for 2018 Jalgaon Municipal elections is still underway.
The BJP led by Girish Mahajan and Shiv Sena led by Sureshdada Jain have formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. Trends at 11:30 am showed the BJP leading in 31 seats whereas its alliance partner Shiv Sena is ahead in 23 seats.
10:45 am The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena are leading in 03 seats each in Jalgaon where counting of votes for the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections is still underway.
10:10 am Counting of votes in Jalgaon where polling to elect new body of the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) was held on Wednesday has started today morning at 10:00 am amid tight security.
Poll officers had earlier said that counting of votes will be done in Jalgaon to count votes in 19 prabhags comprising of 75 members. The process started with counting of Postal Ballots, if any. After this, votes registered in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are being counted.
08:45 am Counting of votes in Jalgaon where polling to elect new body of the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) was held on Wednesday will start today i.e. Friday August 03, 2018 at 10:00 am, State Election Commission officials said.
Poll officers said counting of votes will start in Jalgaon to count votes in 19 prabhags comprising of 75 members. The process will start with counting of Postal Ballots, if any. After this, votes registered in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be counted.
08:00 am Voting ended on Wednesday August 01 in Jalgaon which registered a polling percentage of somewhere near 57 percent, election officials said adding that the actual figure is yet to be calculated.
Polling was held on Wednesday in 19 prabhags of 75-member Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) in North Maharashtra. Last time the city had registered 63 per cent voting, an official said. TheJalgaon Civic Body is currently ruled by Khandesh Vikas Aghadi.
In the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections, Surshdada Jain's Khandesh Vikas Aghadi has formed an alliance with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Jain is contesting the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal electiosn on Shiv Sena symbol.
The BJP, which is ruling in Maharashtra, is contesting the Jalgaon Maha Nagar Palika elections 2018 under the leadership of Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan instead of Eknath Khadse. Jalgaon is the stronghold of Khadse. But he was asked to resign from the Fadnavis cabinet after allegations of graft. Since then his relationship with the BJP leadership is not in good terms.
Besides, BJP, Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, Assaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is also contesting Jalgaon Municipal Election 2018. AIMIM Cheif Asaduddin Owaisi and party MLAs Imtiyaz Jaleel and Waris Pathan have extensively campaigned for the AIMIM candidadtes. The AIMIM has fielded 06 candidates in mostly Muslim pockets of Jalgaon.
Samajwadi Party (SP) of Abu Asim Azmi which could not win any seat in the last election has again fielded its candidate in the 2018 polls. The SP candidates are contesting in 06 wards of the city.
While Congress and NCP have formed pre-poll alliance, AIMIM and SP are contesting the Jalgaon local body election separately.
According to the State Election Commission, a total of 303 candidates from different parties, including a good number of independents, are contesting the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections. There are 3,65,072 registered voters in Jalgaon.
Khandesh Vikas Aghadi of local stalwart Sureshdada Jain had won 33 seats in the Septmber 2013 elections. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 15 seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had won 12 seats and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had won 11 seats. The Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) had also contested the last election. But they could not win any seat.
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