Mumbai, Mar 10 (UNI) Dr Shubha Raul of the Shiv Sena was elected as Mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) here today by polling 117 votes while Congress candidate Shital Mhatre got 100 votes.
The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance (111 seats) got six votes from outside and continued to maintain its stronghold in the BMC, the corporation with a whopping annual budget of Rs 12,000 crore.
The total voting was of 217 votes in the 227-member House as one corporator did not turn up for voting and eight Samajwadi Party members staged a walkout from the House and did not participate in the voting process.
The present strength of the House is 226 as one newly-elected Sena corporator was murdered recently.
For the first time, the Mayor was elected through raising of hands by the members rather than a secret ballot.
The partywise strength in the BMC is as follows: Shiv Sena - 83 members, BJP 28, Congress 71, NCP 14, SP eight, MNS seven, RPI two, ABS two, BSP one, and rest are Independents.
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The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance (111 seats) got six votes from outside and continued to maintain its stronghold in the BMC, the corporation with a whopping annual budget of Rs 12,000 crore.
The total voting was of 217 votes in the 227-member House as one corporator did not turn up for voting and eight Samajwadi Party members staged a walkout from the House and did not participate in the voting process.
The present strength of the House is 226 as one newly-elected Sena corporator was murdered recently.
For the first time, the Mayor was elected through raising of hands by the members rather than a secret ballot.
The partywise strength in the BMC is as follows: Shiv Sena - 83 members, BJP 28, Congress 71, NCP 14, SP eight, MNS seven, RPI two, ABS two, BSP one, and rest are Independents.
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