Nagpur civic polls highlights: BJP ahead by a wide margin; Congress lags

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As vote counting for the Maharashtra civic polls continues Friday, attention has turned to Nagpur’s 151 wards in the RSS stronghold.The Bharatiya Janata Party, part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the NCP, is leading comfortably in the city.The Congress is trailing far behind, while no other Maha Vikas Aghadi constituent has reached double-digit figures in the counting so far.Nagpur recorded a voter turnout of 51 per cent in the civic polls held on Thursday, a civic official said. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union minister Nitin Gadkari and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat were among those who cast their votes.The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has 151 seats across 38 wards. The BJP has 143 seats contesting , while its ally, the Shiv Sena, is fielding candidates in eight.The Congress has contested all 151 seats independently.In the 2017 NMC elections, the BJP secured a sweeping victory with 108 of the 151 seats. The Congress won 28 seats, the BSP 10, the undivided Shiv Sena two and the undivided NCP one.