‘Laadki Bahin impact’: Mahayuti’s Sunil Kamble re-elected from Pune Cantonment seat

BJP’s Sunil Kamble of the Mahayuti was re-elected from the Pune Cantonment Assembly constituency.

He polled 76,032 votes portion Bagwe got 65,712 votes.

Kamble, who credited his triumph to the Laadki Bahin strategy pointed retired that their efforts successful moving for the radical paid off. “In the past 5 years we person taken up assorted improvement projects and worked towards improving infrastructure,” Kamble said.

He pointed retired that determination was nary Congress wave. “Infact, I americium grateful to the radical for their invaluable ballot and being fixed an accidental for the 2nd time,” helium said.

Speaking astatine the FCI counting centre connected Sunday, Kamble besides attributed his triumph to the tremendous efforts taken by the enactment workers. “They person efficaciously tackled the “opponent’s dadagiri (bullying),” helium said.

“Janata ni hathath nivudnik ghetli, amchya ladki bahin ni aashirwad dila ani tsunami aanli (People took these elections successful their ain hands, our beloved sisters gave america blessings, and brought astir this tsunami),” Dilip Kamble, president of Annabhau Sathe Development Corporation and Sunil Kamble’s brother, told The Indian Express arsenic helium visited the Pune Cantonment Assembly Segment counting centre wherever enactment workers celebrated the triumph successful ample numbers.

Neck-and-neck successful archetypal round

What began arsenic a neck-and-neck contention successful the archetypal circular of ballot counting had Ramesh Bagwe starring by 1,074 votes aft the 4th round.

However, astatine the extremity of the sixth circular of counting, Sunil Kamble had polled 19,384 votes, portion Bagwe had polled 19,092 votes.

It besides became wide that Bagwe’s chances for a triumph were dented arsenic Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’s Nilesh Alhat had polled implicit 5,000 votes.

At the extremity of the 10th circular Sunil Kamble led by 6,000 votes and polled a full of 37,698 votes, whereas Bagwe polled 31,822 votes.

However, astatine 12 noon aft the 15th circular of counting, Kamble ’s pb borderline had narrowed somewhat and helium polled 55,277 votes arsenic against Bagwe’s 52,815. Nilesh Alhat of VBA polled 8,387 votes that traditionally would person gone to Congress.

According to BJP enactment workers, Kamble got a immense pb from areas similar Wanowrie and by the extremity of 20 rounds of counting, helium retained the Pune Cantonment Assembly segment.

Nilesh Alhat polled 8,869 votes portion 1,815 pressed the NOTA button.

2019 rematch

In 2019, too, Bagwe had faced Kamble and mislaid by 5,012 votes.

Back then, determination had been dissent successful the Congress campy successful the runup to the elections implicit Bagwe’s renomination.

His rivals had been harping connected the information that Bagwe had mislaid the past 2 elections and it was clip for a change.

The Congress gave the summons to enactment loyalist Bagwe, who has besides been a two-time MLA.

Sources adjacent to Bagwe said that Congress enactment workers came unneurotic to enactment for the candidate, but the Laadki Bahin strategy dented their chances, among different reasons.