MUMBAI: Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Pravin Pote on Thursday retained the Amravati local bodies seat within the Legislative Council biennial polls even as the Shiv Sena made considerable beneficial properties, successful two of the three seats it contested.
Counting of votes was held on Thursday for 5 of the six local bodies seats where biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council have been held on Monday.
The ruling BJP and the Shiv Sena had contested the polls in alliance. The opposition Congress and the NCP had additionally tied-up for the biennial polls.
Apart from Amravati, the BJP bagged Wardha-Chandrapur- Gadchiroli local bodies seat.
The Shiv Sena gained the Nashik and Parbhani-Hingoli local bodies seats.
The NCP may retain best Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg and misplaced the Nashik seat to the Sena.
The Congress fared poorly in the entire 3 seats it contested -- Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli, Parbhani-Hingoli and Amravati.
The counting for Osmanabad-Beed-Latur local bodies seat was deferred via the Election Commission because of a court docket order referring to suspension of some local bodies participants in Beed district.
In Amravati seat, Pravin Pote, the BJP candidate and the district's parent minister, swept the ballot with a thumping victory over his Congress rival Anil Madhogadhiya.
Reducing the battle to a 'no contest', Pote secured 458 of the 488 votes polled. The Congress nominee did not to find much favour as he got best 17 votes.
Three citizens opted for None of the Above (NOTA) choice whilst ten votes have been declared invalid.
The Shiv Sena and a few local outfits had lent their support to Pote.
Pote, who had first gained the seat in 2012, thanked the citizens for his win.
"I thank all the voters for reposing their faith in me. It is a vote to the BJP leadership in the state and at the Centre," he stated quickly after the outcome was announced.
In Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadchiroli, BJP's Ramdas Ambatkar gained via a margin of 37 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival Indra Kumar Saraf.
According to a liberate issued via the district knowledge place of work, there were 1,059 citizens of whom 1,056 exercised their franchise whilst 37 of the polled votes have been declared invalid.
Ambatkar secured 528 votes whilst Saraf may muster best 491 votes.
In Nashik, the Shiv Sena wrested the seat from the NCP.
The Sena candidate, Narendra Darade, gained the election via defeating NCP's Shivaji Sahane via a margin of 193 votes.
Jaywant Jadhav of the NCP represented the seat earlier.
Darade polled 412 votes whilst Sahane got 219.
There have been general 644 citizens and 13 votes have been declared invalid.
In Parbhani-Hingoli, Shiv Sena's Viplove Bajoria gained the seat via defeating Congress' Suresh Deshmukh.
In Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Aniket Tatkare of the NCP defeated Rajiv Sabale of the Shiv Sena.
With today's effects, the BJP's tally within the 78-member Upper House remained the same at 18, whilst the NCP's got here right down to 21 from the earlier 23.
The Congress' quantity got here right down to 18 from the earlier 19 whilst the Shiv Sena's tally went as much as 11 from 9.
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Counting of votes was held on Thursday for 5 of the six local bodies seats where biennial elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council have been held on Monday.
The ruling BJP and the Shiv Sena had contested the polls in alliance. The opposition Congress and the NCP had additionally tied-up for the biennial polls.
Apart from Amravati, the BJP bagged Wardha-Chandrapur- Gadchiroli local bodies seat.
The Shiv Sena gained the Nashik and Parbhani-Hingoli local bodies seats.
The NCP may retain best Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg and misplaced the Nashik seat to the Sena.
The Congress fared poorly in the entire 3 seats it contested -- Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadhchiroli, Parbhani-Hingoli and Amravati.
The counting for Osmanabad-Beed-Latur local bodies seat was deferred via the Election Commission because of a court docket order referring to suspension of some local bodies participants in Beed district.
In Amravati seat, Pravin Pote, the BJP candidate and the district's parent minister, swept the ballot with a thumping victory over his Congress rival Anil Madhogadhiya.
Reducing the battle to a 'no contest', Pote secured 458 of the 488 votes polled. The Congress nominee did not to find much favour as he got best 17 votes.
Three citizens opted for None of the Above (NOTA) choice whilst ten votes have been declared invalid.
The Shiv Sena and a few local outfits had lent their support to Pote.
Pote, who had first gained the seat in 2012, thanked the citizens for his win.
"I thank all the voters for reposing their faith in me. It is a vote to the BJP leadership in the state and at the Centre," he stated quickly after the outcome was announced.
In Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadchiroli, BJP's Ramdas Ambatkar gained via a margin of 37 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival Indra Kumar Saraf.
According to a liberate issued via the district knowledge place of work, there were 1,059 citizens of whom 1,056 exercised their franchise whilst 37 of the polled votes have been declared invalid.
Ambatkar secured 528 votes whilst Saraf may muster best 491 votes.
In Nashik, the Shiv Sena wrested the seat from the NCP.
The Sena candidate, Narendra Darade, gained the election via defeating NCP's Shivaji Sahane via a margin of 193 votes.
Jaywant Jadhav of the NCP represented the seat earlier.
Darade polled 412 votes whilst Sahane got 219.
There have been general 644 citizens and 13 votes have been declared invalid.
In Parbhani-Hingoli, Shiv Sena's Viplove Bajoria gained the seat via defeating Congress' Suresh Deshmukh.
In Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Aniket Tatkare of the NCP defeated Rajiv Sabale of the Shiv Sena.
With today's effects, the BJP's tally within the 78-member Upper House remained the same at 18, whilst the NCP's got here right down to 21 from the earlier 23.
The Congress' quantity got here right down to 18 from the earlier 19 whilst the Shiv Sena's tally went as much as 11 from 9.
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