Maharashtra MLC Election Results Live Updates: As per the latest reports, the BJP candidate Niranjan Davkhare has eventually won from the Konkan Graduates constituency seat. The counting of the votes have ended and Shiv Sena candidate is placed second.
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Maharashtra MLC Election Result: BJP Candidate Wins Konkan Graduates Constituency Seat
Polling for election result of Mumbai Graduates constituency, Mumbai Teachers Constituency, Konkan Graduates Constituency and Nashik Teachers Constituency was held on June 25.
28 Jun, 23:32 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Results Live Updates: As per the latest reports, the BJP candidate Niranjan Davkhare has eventually won from the Konkan Graduates constituency seat. The counting of the votes have ended and Shiv Sena candidate is placed second.
28 Jun, 22:01 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: BJP candidate Niranjan Davkhare has won from the Konkan Graduates constituency seat. Shiv Sena candidate, who was trailing with a slender margin was placed second after the counting added. The winner, however, has not been declared yet, as per the latest reports.
28 Jun, 22:00 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: BJP candidate Niranjan Davkhare has won from the Konkan Graduates constituency seat. Shiv Sena candidate, who was trailing with a slender margin was placed second after the counting added. The winner, however, has not been declared yet, as per the latest reports.
28 Jun, 20:49 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: The BJP candidate Niranjan is leading on Konkan Graduates seat. Sanjay More of Shiv Sena is placed second, while the NCP is trailing on the third spot. The counting of votes is still on, and the authorities are yet to announce the result.
28 Jun, 19:29 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: The counting of votes in Mumbai Graduates' Constituency has been completed. Shiv Sena's candidate Vilas Potnis is leading on the seat. The official announcement of the winner is yet to be made by the authorities.
28 Jun, 18:10 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: in the next round of counting, Shiv Sena candidate Sanjay More is leading by 6,118 votes against other candidates. Sitting BJP MLC Niranjan Davkhare is trailing currently, after leading in the first round.
28 Jun, 17:46 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: The counting of votes in the first round on Konkan Graduates' seat is over. A total of 28,000 votes have been counted yet, out of which the BJP's Niranjan Davkhare is leading with 10,304 votes; Shiv Sena is on second place with 9,494 votes; NCP is on the third place with 6,500 votes.
Over 1,800 votes polled have been declared invalid. The BJP is leading with 864 votes as per the latest reports.
28 Jun, 16:26 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Shiv Sena's Vilas Potnis and Kapil Patil of Lok Bharati Party won Mumbai's Graduate and Teachers' constituency respectively. In Konkan Graduates seat, BJP's Niranjan Davkhare is leading the race.
28 Jun, 15:45 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Shiv Sena candidate Vilas Potnis has reportedly wo from Mumbai Graduate seat. He defeated BJP's first-time nominee Amit Mehta and independent candidate Rajendra Korede, who was supported by the Congress and the NCP.
In Mumbai's Teachers constituency, sitting MLC Kapil Patil of Lok Bharati party retained the seat. Meanwhile, counting of votes in Konkan Graduate constituency was delayed.
28 Jun, 15:19 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Shiv Sena's Vilas Potnis has won Mumbai Graduate seat, whereas Kapil Patil secured victory in Teachers constituency, says report.
28 Jun, 14:45 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Counting of votes in Konkan Graduates constituency is yet to start.
28 Jun, 14:40 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: In Mumbai Graduates constituency, Shiv Sena candidate Vilas Potnis is leading. In Teachers' constituency, Kapil Patil is ahead by a margin of more than 4000 votes.
28 Jun, 13:07 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Polling for election result of four MLC seats was held on ballot papers. Since counting of ballot papers takes much more time than counting of votes cast through EVM machines, the final outcome is likely to be clear by this evening.
28 Jun, 12:08 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Counting of votes for election results of Mumbai Graduates constituency, Mumbai Teachers Constituency, Konkan Graduates Constituency and Nashik Teachers Constituency has begun. Stay connected with us to know the outcome.
28 Jun, 09:54 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Four MLC seats - Mumbai Graduates constituency, Mumbai Teachers Constituency, Konkan Graduates Constituency and Nashik Teachers Constituency - went to polls on June 25.
28 Jun, 08:14 (IST)
Maharashtra MLC Election Result Live Updates: Counting of votes for the biennial elections to four seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council will be held today. Stay connected with us to get instant updates on poll outcome.
Mumbai, Jun 28: The result of election to four MLC seats in Maharashtra will be declared today. Polling for election result of Mumbai Graduates constituency, Mumbai Teachers Constituency, Konkan Graduates Constituency and Nashik Teachers Constituency was held on June 25. Catch live updates on Maharashtra MLC election result 2018 here.
The biennial elections were necessitated as the term of sitting MLCs - Deepak Sawant (of Mumbai Graduate constituency, Shiv Sena), Kapil Patil (of Lok Bharati party - Mumbai Teachers), Niranjan Davkhare (who switched his party from NCP to BJP - Konkan Graduates) and Apoorva Hire (an independent - Nashik Teachers) are expiring on July 7, 2018.
In Mumbai Graduates constituency, Shiv Sena denied ticket to its sitting MLC and Cabinet Minister Deepak Sawant and nominated Vilas Potnis. Potnis contested against BJP's first-time nominee Amit Mehta and independent candidate Rajendra Korede, who was supported by the Congress and the NCP. The elections for Mumbai teachers’ and graduates’ constituency recorded around 83 per cent and 53 per cent voting respectively.
Konkan graduates constituency witnessed an interesting electoral contest after sitting MLC Niranjan Davkhare quit NCP and contested as the BJP candidate. Davkhare faced fierce challenge from the Shiv Sena, which had so far supported him.
In the Nashik Teachers' constituency, BJP's Aniket Patil, the son of former Union minister contested against Congress leader Vijay Patil and other 23 independents. The NCP is supporting independent candidate Sandeep Bedse.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 28, 2018 08:11 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).