Watch live! 2017 BMC Elections results & Maharashtra Civic Elections results online
Are you looking for the online live telecast of the results of the 2017 BMC elections? Want to know which party is winning in the ten civic elections in Maharashtra? This article provides information about the TV news channels which will be telecasting the results live as they get officially declared on 23rd February 2017. You will also get information on the voter turnout of the 2012 and the 2017 civic elections in the State of Maharashtra
The month of February is a very important month for civic elections in Maharashtra. Not only is the country's richest municipal corporation going to the polls, namely the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but also civic corporations of nine other cities and various District Councils in Maharashtra too are going to have a mandate. Every media platform is touting these polls as crucial, maintaining that it will clearly reflect the citizens' voting approach, a preview so to say, of the State Assembly elections scheduled for 2019.
The 2017 BMC elections results date, like for the other civic body polls in Maharashtra, will be declared tomorrow, on 23rd February 2017.Looking back at 2012 Maharashtra Civic Elections
During the 2012 civic polls, the Shiv Sena party managed to win in five of the ten cities in the State of Maharashtra. While they won in the cities of Mumbai, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Nagpur and Akola, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party unsettled everyone by winning 40 seats, becoming the undisputed winner in the major city of Nashik and came a close second in the city of Pune. 
[Images of major Maharashtra political party symbols taken by author from election flyers and banners]
It was unfortunate that the voter turnout was abysmal in the 2012 civic polls, as can be seen in the data below:
The present scenario in BMC
Like in the previous polls held in 2012, there are 227 electoral wards in the city of Mumbai for which candidates are contesting this year. More than 90,000 citizens were eligible to vote in Mumbai city alone. Thankfully, this time round there was a far better response and people did turn out in good numbers to cast their votes not just in Mumbai but in other cities as well. As per the data the voter turnout on 21st February 2017 was as follows:Party-wise status in Maharasthra civic corporations
As of February 2017, the current number of seats of each of the parties in the nine civic bodies is as follows:What will be the results and where to catch the action live
As is the norm with any elections, local civic ones, State Assembly ones or National polls, the media compete with each other to release exit polls. Well, these exit polls should be taken with a pinch of salt! It has been proved quite often that these polls are not too accurate. The true picture, of course, unfolds when the results are declared. So, with excitement mounting at the results to be declared tomorrow on 23rd February, here's where you can glue your eyes to catch the live action on online news and current affairs channels:
Best of luck to all the candidates!
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