Thread on upcoming #Pune Municipal Corporation election to be held on 2022.

I will be tweeting about following points in this thread:
Current situation
Party wise tally of each assembly/area
Improvement points for BJP

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Current situation

Party wise tally is as follows:

BJP 97
NCP 39
ShivSena 10
INC 09
MNS 02
Independents/Others 05

Total seats: 162
Magic Figure: 82

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BJP is super strong in Shivaji Nagar, Kasba, Kothrud, Parvati.

BJP looks okay in Cantonment.

NCP gains its majority seats from Khadakwasla, Hadapsar & Vadgaonsheri.

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23 villages have been added to Pune corporation. NCP is lying that it should add 23 corporators and NCP will sweep all the wards.

Debunking this rumour: Population wise wards are formed and not village wise. According to 2011 census only 5-6 seats will be added.

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Out of that BJP already has strong presence in Manjari (recently BJP won Gram Panchayat unopposed), Mundhwa, Pisoli & many other villages so it will NOT be a whitewash but just a perception or a rumour created by NCP.

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Ward structure matters a lot in municipal corporation elections. Right now, 4 wards are combined into 1 prabhag. However, MVA government may change ward structure towards 2 wards combined into 1 prabhag as it should suit them more. At the end it will be mainly BJP vs NCP fight

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Party wise tally of each assembly/area

Few wards are combined from 2 assemblies into one prabhag. So, I have put them in assembly that looks more relevant. Rest, majority wards belong to respective assembly.

1. #VadgaonSheri (24 seats)
BJP: 14
NCP: 6
INC: 0
SS: 3
MIM: 1

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2. #ShivajiNagar (12 seats)
BJP: 11
NCP: 0
INC: 0
SS: 0
Others: 1 (BJP supported)

3. #Kohtrud (24 seats)
BJP: 18
NCP: 3
INC: 2
SS: 1

4. #KasbaPeth (16 seats)
BJP: 10
NCP: 2
INC: 1
SS: 2
Others: 1 (INC supported)

5. #Cantonment (12 seats)
BJP: 6
NCP: 1
INC: 5
SS: 0

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6. #Hadapsar (27 seats)
BJP: 8
NCP: 13
INC: 0
SS: 3
MNS: 1
Others 2

7. #Parvati (23 seats)
BJP: 19
NCP: 2
INC: 1
SS: 1

8. #Khadakwasla (24 seats)
BJP: 11
NCP: 12
INC: 0
SS: 0
MNS: 1

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Improvement points for BJP

1. Focus on Khadakwasla, Hadapsar, VadgaonSheri. Reach & power needs to be increased in these assemblies.

2. BJPs key to win PMC single handedly will be voter turnout. It is MUST that voter slips distribution is done door to door

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to pull voter out of home. Urban voter needs spoon feeding & has less election literacy.

Ignorance & overconfidence costed 2 assembly seats by narrow margin (VadgaonSheri & Hadapsar lost)
3 seats were just won by narrow margin (ShivajiNagar, Cantonment, Khadakwasla) in 2019.

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3. It is noticed that MLAs and corporators are less in the sync. Corporators needs to come out of comfort & needs to increase presence on SM and contact voters through Mobile

MP, ministers, mayor should look a full picture of the city.
MLAs needs to look after respective VS

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4. If Pune’s mayor @mohol_murlidhar visits each prabhag for पदयात्रा/rally it will impact HUGE! He has become most acceptable & reliable face in Pune. His personal popularity has increased all over city. This move can play bringing a goodwill and a good push to all candidates.

Thread Finished.