Mehkar (SC) Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Sanjay Bhaskar Raymulkar of Shiv Sena Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls

Mumbai, October 16: Mekhar (SC) Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra state. Sanjay Bhaskar Raymulkar of Shiv Sena party won from the constituency. Mehkar constituency had their polls on October 21 and the counting of votes and election result were declared on October 24. Mehkar constituency is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

Sanjay Bhashkar Raimulkar is the sitting MLA from the Mekhar constituency. He won the 2014 General Assembly Election with 80,356 votes from Shiv Sena ahead of Congress party candidate Laxman Rao. The voter turnout last time was 59 percent in the constituency.

Mehkar is a city and a municipal council in Buldhana district in Maharashtra. It was previously known as 'Meghankar Nagari'. The main parties contesting for the 288 Maharashtra Assembly seats elections are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, and the Indian National Congress (INC). Sangli Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra: Sitting MLA, Candidates For Assembly Elections 2019, Results And Winners.

For the convenience of the voters, polling booths in Maharashtra have been geotagged. The booths located on the second floor have been shifted to the ground floor so that senior citizen and differently-abled voters can reach the booth.

A total of 3,239 candidates are in the fray for the October 21 assembly elections in Maharashtra for the 288 seats up for grabs. The Election Commission had received 5543 applications for all the 288 segments. All the election-related procedures are to be completed before Diwali this year.

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