Jadhav will replace Shubha Raul (also from Sena) as the Mumbai Mayor. Raul had defeated her Congress rival Sheetal Mhatre by seven votes in 2007.

While Samajwadi Party announced on Monday that it would refrain from voting, Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) too abstained from the election.

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The six MNS corporators did not even attend the session citing party function.

Shiv Sena has been ruling the BMC for past 15 years. This is the second time when the Mayor was elected by raising of hands and not through secret ballots.

Meanwhile, Sena's Versova corporator Chaya Bhanji (45) who was missing for the past 48 hours on Tuesday appeared at Mayoral election.u00a0 Bhanji's son had registered a missing complaint at the Versova police station on Sunday night after Bhanji didn't return home.

Box:u00a0 In the 228-member House: Shiv Sena has 81 corporators, BJP 29, Akhil Bharatiya Sena two and three Independents. Congress has 77, Nationalist Congress Party 14, Samajwadi Party seven, and RPI three.