Maharashtra elections results: BJP’s Jagtap wins Chinchwad seat with record margin of votes

In fact, successful the Chinchwad Assembly seat, BJP campaigner Shankar Jagtap created a caller grounds connected the Assembly canvass turf of Pimpri-Chinchwad arsenic helium won by a borderline of implicit 1 lakh votes against NCP (SP) campaigner Rahul Kalate.

While Shankar Jagtap notched up 2,35, 323 votes, his rival Rahul Kalate had to stay contented with 1,31, 458 votes. Jagtap, who was contesting his archetypal assembly election, won by a borderline of 1,03,865.

Since the constituency came into being successful 2009, the Jagtap household has maintained its supremacy implicit it.

His elder member Laxman Jagtap won the spot for 3 consecutive terms.

After Laxman’s death, his woman Ashwini Jagtap won the spot successful the bypoll successful 2023 and present Shankar Jagtap has won the seat.

Political anaylst Avinash Chilekar said: “Shankar Jagtap has a acceptable a caller record. In Pimpri-Chinchwad assembly poll history, nary campaigner has won by specified a immense borderline of votes.”

Rahul Kalate, who contested the Assembly canvass unsuccessfully for the 3rd time, was banking heavy connected the Sharad Pawar rally which had drawn a batch of attraction during the campaigning. However, his associates said determination was a hold successful announcing his candidature, which gave him little clip to run and scope retired to the voters.

In Bhosari Assembly seat, it was expected that sitting MLA Mahesh Landge would beryllium locked successful a adjacent combat with Ajit Gavhane of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP).

However, Landge, the fashionable wrestler from Bhosari, romped location for the 3rd consecutive clip with a borderline of 63,275 votes.

While Landge secured 2,13, 624 votes, his rival Gavhane could muster 149,859 votes. Gavhane was contesting his archetypal Assembly election.

Like Landge, Gavhane’s candidature was besides announced astatine the past infinitesimal arsenic some NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) had disagreed implicit who would contention the seats.

Gavhane was with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, heading the Pimpri-Chinchwad portion of the enactment but resigned connected the eve of the election.

Easy decorativeness successful Pimpri reserved seat

In Pimpri reserved seat, sitting NCP MLA Anna Bansode, who had braved beardown oppostion from corporators of his erstwhile party, won by a comfy borderline of 35, 624 votes.

While Bansode secured 1,09,239 votes, his rival Sulakshna Shilwant-Dhar got 72,235 votes. The Shiv Sena (UBT) had tried to get the seat, however, the NCP (SP) thwarted its attempts.

The Sena leaders said they had told the NCP (SP) leaders that determination was beardown choler against the sitting MLA owed to mediocre show successful the past 5 years and truthful a beardown campaigner needed to beryllium fielded.

“We made an effort to get the seat. We wanted to tract Gautam Chabukswar who had already erstwhile won 1 seat. But we could not get the seat,” Sanjay Raut, spokesperson of the Shiv Sena (UBT) told this paper.

‘Weren’t definite triumph borderline volition beryllium truthful huge’

Yogesh Behl, president of the Pimpri-Chinchwad portion of NCP said: “All Mahayuti candidates enactment connected a stellar show. We knew they volition triumph but were not definite the triumph borderline would beryllium truthful huge.”

Behl said determination were respective factors which contributed to the triumph of Mahayuti candidates. “The Ladki Bahin Yojana was 1 of the factors too the respective authorities steps successful favour of farmers, the free-bus schemes, and escaped acquisition for girls each helped america triumph a thumbs up from the voters ,” helium said.

BJP person Mahesh Kulkarni said: “The enactment had meticulously planned its strategy. Our cadre worked relentlessly, taking the authorities initiatives to the doorsteps of voters. The rallies held by our Mahayuti leaders besides helped a large deal.”

In Maval spot too, sitting NCP MLA Sunil Shelke who faced beardown oppostion from confederation spouse BJP implicit his renomination won with a large borderline of votes.

Shelke secured 1,91,255 votes portion his rival Bapu Begde, an independent, managed 82,690 votes. Shelke won by a 1,08,565 votes.