Elections for zila parishads and panchayat samiti were held on 7 February 2012. Municipal elections were held across various cities in Maharashtra, India on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.
According to the Election Commission of India's rules the day before, day of and day after the elections were a dry day in the jurisdictions that held elections.
The parties that took part in the municipal elections were:
The results by municipality were: