Ratnagiri Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Uday Ravindra Samant of Shiv Sena Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls

Mumbai: Uday Ravindra Samant of Shiv Sena has won the Ratnagiri Assembly constituency in Maharashtra by defeating the (Nationalist Congress Party) NCP candidate Sudesh Sadanand Mayekar.

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. Chiplun Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Shekhar Govindrao Nikam of NCP Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.

The Ratnagiri Assembly seat in Maharashtra went to polls on October 21. The counting of votes for the Ratnagiri Assembly seat in Maharashtra took place on Thursday, October 24 and the results were announced on the same day itself.

From the Ratnagiri seat, the saffron coalition had fielded Shiv Sena's Uday Ravindra Samant. The Opposition candidate from the constituency was NCP leader Sudesh Sadanand Mayekar. In 2014, the assembly segment was wrested between Shiv Sena leader Uday Ravindra Samant and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) leader Balasaheb Mane. As per the results declared by the Election Commission, the seat was won by Shiv Sena leader Uday Ravindra Samant by a margin of 39,427‬ votes. Guhagar Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Bhaskar Bhaurao Jadhav of Shiv Sena Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.

Ahead of the elections, the BJP-Sena coalition is being predicted 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.

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