Given the governmental realignments successful Maharashtra starring up to the Assembly polls, determination was overmuch speech astir the relation rebels would play successful influencing the electoral result and tallies of the ruling Mahayuti and absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Ultimately, lone 2 of the 50 rebels successful the fray crossed the authorities managed to win, though they whitethorn person influenced results successful 11 different seats. While the Mahayuti (comprising the BJP, Ajit Pawar-led NCP and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena) mislaid 7 seats wherever its rebels were present, the MVA (comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT of Uddhav Thackeray and NCP-SP) mislaid 4 specified constituencies.
In astatine slightest 12 seats, Mahayuti rebels polled much votes than the victory margins, adjacent arsenic immoderate bigwigs among them similar erstwhile BJP MP Heena Gavit (Nandurbar) and NCP person Sameer Bhujbal (Nandgaon) spot the dust.
The lone 2 rebels to triumph besides some beryllium primitively to Mahayuti parties – Sharad Sonawane (Shiv Sena), who won successful Junnar, and Shivaji Patil (BJP) successful Chandgad. While Sonawane, who pocketed 73,355 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Satyashil Sherkar of the NCP(SP) by a borderline of 6,664 votes successful Junnar, the NCP’s Atul Benke finished 3rd with conscionable implicit 48,000 votes.
In Chandgad, Shivaji Patil defeated the Mahayuti’s authoritative candidate, NCP’s Rajesh Patil by implicit 24,000 votes arsenic NCP(SP)’s Nandatai Kupekar-Babhulkar secured conscionable implicit 48,000 and finished third.
The enactment deed the astir by rebel beingness was the 3rd Mahayuti partner, Ajit Pawar-led NCP, which whitethorn person mislaid 5 constituencies arsenic a result.
The 4 seats wherever rebels wounded the MVA were Partur, Jintur, Shrigonda and Indapur. In respective more, specified arsenic Badnera, Patan and Ramtek, they got much votes than the alliance’s authoritative candidates.
In Partur, for example, Congress rebel Sureshkumar Jethliya polled 53,921 votes portion the winning borderline of the BJP’s Babanrao Yadav against the Sena (UBT)’s Asaram Borde was 4,740 votes.
In Jintur, wherever the BJP’s Meghna Bordikar defeated the NCP(SP)’s Vijay Bhamble by 4,516 votes, Congress rebel Suresh Nagare (contesting connected a Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi ticket), secured 56,474 votes.
In Shrigonda, wherever the BJP’s Baban Pachpute defeated the Sena (UBT)’s Anuradha Nagwada, NCP (SP) rebel Rahul Jagtap pocketed implicit 62,000 votes and came second.
In Indapur, NCP(SP) rebel Pravin Mane secured 37,917 votes, spoiling the prospects of the party’s authoritative campaigner Harshvardhan Patil, who mislaid to the NCP’s Dattatray Bharne by implicit 19,000 votes.
In the lawsuit of Mahayuti, its rebels played a spoilsport successful Beed, Karmala, Madha, Risod and Akola West constituencies, isolated from winning Junnar and Chandgad.
In Beed, Sena rebel Anil Jagtap secured 15,613 votes adjacent arsenic NCP (SP) campaigner Sandeep Kshirsagar defeated the NCP’s Yogesh Kshirsagar by 5,324 votes.
In Akola West, BJP rebel Harish Alimchandani polled 21,481 votes, arsenic its authoritative campaigner Vijay Agrawal mislaid to the Congress’s Sajid Pathan by 1,283 votes.
In Karnala, Sanjaymama Shinde, an NCP rebel, wounded the Shiv Sena’s Digvijay Bagal. Shinde polled 80,006 votes, overmuch higher than the 16,000-vote triumph borderline of NCP(SP)’s Narayan Patil.
In Madha, the NCP’s Minal Sathe finished third, down the NCP(SP)’s Abhijit Patil and NCP rebel Ranjit Shinde, who polled implicit 1.05 lakh votes. Patil won the spot by a borderline of 30,621 votes.
In Risod, BJP rebel Anantrao Deskhmukh came 2nd down winning Congress campaigner Amit Zanak by 6,136 votes, pushing the Sena’s Bhawana Gawli to 3rd place.
Mahayuti rebels who polled much votes than winning margins
Seat |
Rebel campaigner and votes polled |
Winning campaigner and party |
Victory margin |
Pachora |
Amol Shinde (BJP rebel) – 58,701 |
Kishore Patil (Shiv Sena) |
38,689 |
Belapur |
Vijay Nahata (Shiv Sena) – 19,646 |
Manda Mhatre (BJP) |
377 |
Kalyan East |
Mahesh Gaikwad (Shiv Sena) – 55,108 |
Sulabha Gaikwad (BJP) |
26,408 |
Beed |
Anil Jagtap (Shiv Sena) – 15,613 |
Yogesh Kshirsagar (NCP(SP)) |
5,324 |
Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar |
Suresh Patil (Shiv Sena) – 35,263 |
Abu Azmi (SP) |
12,753 |
Ghansawangi |
Satish Ghatge (BJP) – 23696 |
Baliram Hikmat (Shiv Sena) |
2,309 |
Alibaug |
Dilip Bhoir (BJP) |
Mahendra Dalvi (Shiv Sena) |
3,599 |
Aheri |
Ambarish Atram (BJP) – 37,392 |
Dharmarao Atram (NCP) |
16,814 |
Amalner |
Shirish Chaudhary (BJP) – 76,010 |
Anil Patil (NCP) |
33,435 |
Amravati |
Jagdish Gupta (BJP) – 34,067 |
Sulabha Khode (NCP) |
5,413 |
Shahpur |
Ranjana Ughada (BJP) – 42,776 |
Daulat Darode (NCP) |
1,672 |
Rebels ruin MVA candidate’s chances
Seat |
Rebel campaigner and votes polled |
Winning campaigner and party |
Victory margin |
Ramtek |
Rajendra Mulak (Congress) – 81,412 |
Ashish Jaishwal (Shiv Sena) |
26,555 |
Jintur |
Suresh Nagre (Congress) – 56,474 |
Meghna Bordikar (BJP) |
4,516 |
Shrigonda |
Rahul Jagtap (NCP(SP)) – 62,664 |
Baban Pachpute (BJP) |
37,156 |
Indapur |
Pravin Mane (NCP(SP)) – 37,917 |
Dattatray Bharne (NCP) |
19,410 |
Patan |
Satyajeet Patankar (NCP(SP)) – 90,935 |
Shamburaj Desai (Shiv Sena) |
34,824 |