Sudhakar Ambale of MVA won the seat in Nagpur.
Mumbai:
In a major electoral defeat for the BJP in one of its most important strongholds, the opposition’s coalition candidate Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Thursday defeated the this party in the polls for a seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Nagpur.
What makes this result a blow to the BJP is that this constituency is home to the headquarters of the ideological parent company Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and is home to prominent leaders such as the Ministry of Education and Training. Union Chief Nitin Gadkari and Deputy Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
A key run-in in the state, officials said, after Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena’s dissident, who replaced Minister Uddhav Thackeray, sided with the BJP in the June election. saw MVA’s Sudhakar Ambale win the Nagpur teacher seat, beating BJP-backed Nago Ganar, officials said.
The biennial elections to the state legislature’s upper house are held mainly between the ruling BJP and Mr. Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction and MVA-backed candidates including the Shiv Sena faction. Thackeray, the National Assembly and the National Congress Party (NCP). ).
The six-year terms of five council members – three from teachers and two from graduated constituencies – expire on February 7 and a vote was held on Monday to fill the upcoming vacancies. next.
Teachers and graduates who meet certain criteria and register as eligible voters exercise their rights in these elections.
The Konkan teachers’ constituency recorded the highest voter turnout at 91.02%, while the Nashik precinct graduates’ constituency had the lowest turnout of 49.28%. .
The teachers’ constituencies in Aurangabad, Nagpur and Konkan recorded a turnout of 86%, 86.23% and 91.02% respectively.
Besides Nagpur, another war to be watched closely is in the seat for graduates of the Nashik division, where Parliament saw rebellion in its ranks on the eve of the election.
Three-time council member Sudhir Tambe was the official Parliamentary candidate for the seat, but he did not submit his nomination paper.
When he opted out of the competition, his son Satyajet Tambe decided to fight as an independent. Congress later suspended both. Officials say Satyajeet Tambde is currently leading in the polls.
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