Mumbai: Bhalake Bharat Tukaram of NCP has won the Pandharpur Assembly constituency in Maharashtra by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Paricharak Sudhakar Ramchandra.

As per the election commission website, the schedule of polls in Maharashtra points that nomination papers for the candidature were filed till October 4. Following this, the nomination papers were scrutinised on October 5, and the aspiring candidate withdrew candidature till October 7. The polling took place on October 21 and Election Commission announced results on October 24. The new government in Maharashtra should be formed before November 9 because the current assembly expires on that day.

The Pandharpur Assembly seat in Maharashtra went to polls on October 21. The counting of votes for the Pandharpur Assembly seat in Maharashtra took place on Thursday, October 24 and the results were announced on the same day itself. Solapur South Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra of BJP Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.

Ahead of the elections, all major surveys had predicted the BJP-Sena coalition to hold the edge. The sum of major opinion polls have claimed a return of the incumbent ruling alliance in the forthcoming polls. Surveys have went to the extent of predicting 205-220 seats for the BJP-Sena alliance.

In both the states, the BJP is the incumbent ruling party. Devendra Fadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar are likely to continue as the Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Haryana, respectively.

2014 pandharpur Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Bharat Tukaram Bhalake (Current MLA)INC91863

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