Result of the assembly elections in Teosa constituency, along with other assembly segments of Maharashtra, has been declared by the Election Commission. The seat went to polls in the single-phase elections held on October 21. The electoral contest here was primarily between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena alliance and the Opposition's coalition of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur of the Congress has succeeded in winning the seat. Assembly Elections Results 2019: BJP-Shiv Sena Alliance Gets Clear Mandate in Maharashtra; Hung House in Haryana.
From the Teosa seat, the Shiv Sena has issued the ticket to Rajesh Shriram Wankhade, whereas, the Opposition candidate is Congress leader Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur. In 2014, Yashomati Thakur of the Congress party won the elections.
In the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections, the saffron alliance of BJP-Sena returned to power after a hiatus of 15 years. Both the parties had contested without a pre-poll pact, and had ended up winning 122 and 63 seats, respectively. The Congress and the NCP -- which also fought without a pre-election alliance -- were reduced to 42 and 41 seats, respectively. Following the polls, the BJP and Sena sealed a post-election coalition to jointly form the government.
Along with Maharashtra, the state of Haryana -- with 90 legislative assembly seats -- also went to polls on October 21. In both the states, the pollsters had given the edge to the BJP. The party was predicted to win up to 78 constituencies in Haryana in one of the surveys. In Maharashtra, the BJP-Sena alliance was predicted to bag up to 205 out of the 288 constituencies, as per one of the opinion polls.
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur (Current MLA) | INC | 76218 |
Sanjay Shivling Kolhe | IND | 671 |
Rajesh Shriram Wankhade | SHS | 65857 |
Dilip Bajirao Dhanade | IND | 580 |
Mo. Rajik Sk. Hasan | IND | 400 |
Abdul Naim Abdul Jalil | BSP | 3147 |
Dipak Devrao Sardar | VBA | 14353 |
Chhotu Maharaj Wasu (Pawan Vijay Wasu) | Prahar Janshakti Party | NA |
Pradip Gangadhar Mahajan | Bahujan Mukti Party | NA |
Bodakhe Sanjay Gopalrao | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | NA |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Adv Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur (Sonawane) (Current MLA) | INC | 58808 |
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