Muktainagar Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Chandrakant Nimba Patil of IND Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls

Mumbai, October 13: Muktainagar constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra. It is one of the eleven Vidhan-Sabha constituencies located in the Jalgaon district. Muktainagar constituency had their election on October 21. The counting of votes and the final results were declared on October 24. Chandrakant Nimba Patil of IND party won from the constituency in 2019 General Assembly Elections.

Eknath Khadse is the sitting MLA from the constituency who belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was also the Finance Minister of Maharashtra from 2014 to 2015. He won the 2014 General Assembly Elections with 85,657 votes.

The Election Commission has received 5543 applications for all the 288 segments, adding that 3239 nominees are left in the race after withdrawals and rejection of 800 applications due to technical errors.

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). In 2014, NDA sweeped the Maharashtra Assembly elections with the Bharatiya Janata Party winning 122 of the 260 seats that it contested for, and the Shiv Sena bagged 63 of the 282 seats it contested for.

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