Ahmednagar Lok Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra Results 2019: BJP Candidate Sujay Vikhe Patil Elected as MP
Ahmednagar Lok Sabah seat in Maharashtra will see a direct electoral contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Mumbai, May 23: Ahmednagar Lok Sabah seat in Maharashtra saw a direct electoral contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Polling for Lok Sabha election in Ahmednagar parliamentary constituency was held on April 23 in the third phase of general elections. BJP's Sujay Vikhe Patil won from Ahmednagar.
Gandhi Dilipkumar Mansukhlal of the BJP is the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) from Ahmednagar. In Ahmednagar, the BJP fielded Sujay Vikhe Patil, son of senior Congressman Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. Sujay Vikhe Patil defected to the BJP after the NCP allegedly refused to leave the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat for its ally, the Congress. To counter the BJP, the NCP then fielded sitting legislator from Ahmednagar, Sangram Jagtap. He is the son-in-law of BJP legislator Shivajirao Kardile. Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.
The process of filing nomination began from March 28. The last day for nominations would be April 4. The last date for the withdrawal of the nominations was April 8. Check Full Schedule of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Lok Sabha elections 2019 schedule for phase three:
| Issue of Notification | March 28 |
| Last date for filing nomination | April 4 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | April 5 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | April 8 |
| Date Of Poll | April 23 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
The NCP is contesting 20 seats, whereas Congress 24. On the other hand, the BJP and its ally Shiv Sena are contesting 25 and 23 seats respectively of the total 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and Swabhiman Paksha together registered a victory on 42 seats in Maharashtra. The Congress bagged twos eats, while the NCP four.
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