As the results of keenly-contested election to the city civic body BMC came in today, BJP’s Atul Shah had the distinction of getting elected through a lottery.
Shah contested from ward number 220 in Girgaum, a Shiv Sena stronghold.
He and his main rival Surendra Bagalkar of Sena won the same number of votes: 5,496.
After holding a recount thrice in the presence of candidates — as is mandatory in the case of a tie — BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta had to rush to the counting centre in Mumbai Central area as the tally didn’t change.