By Tasneem Bandukwala
Early trends from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) show the BJP leads with 42 seats, and NCP led by Ajit Pawar follows with 16 seats. Meanwhile, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena is leading in 4 seats, Shinde Sena in 2 seats, Sharad Pawar’s faction of the NCP in 2 seats and MNS in 1 seat.
BJP continues to surge forward in BMC as well, with 32 seats.