Mumbai: Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav of NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) has won the Wai Assembly constituency in Maharashtra by defeating the NCP (Bharatiya Janata Party) candidate Madan Prataprao Bhosale.
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. Phaltan Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Dipak Pralhad Chavan of NCP Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.
The Wai Assembly seat in Maharashtra went to polls on October 21. The counting of votes for the Wai Assembly seat in Maharashtra took place on Thursday, October 24 and the results were announced on the same day itself.
From the BJP-Shiv Sena camp, the candidate contesting from Wai seat was Shiv Sena's Madan Prataprao Bhosale. The Opposition had issued the ticket to NCP's Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav from the constituency. In the last assembly polls held in 2014, Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav of National Congress Party (NCP) party had won the elections.
Ahead of the elections, pollsters have given the edge to the BJP in both Maharashtra and Haryana. In the latter, the party was predicting to win as much as 78 out of the 90 constituencies, as per one of the surveys. In Maharashtra, the BJP-Sena alliance is predicted to win upto 205-220 constituencies. Malshiras Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Ram Vitthal Satpute of BJP Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.
In the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections, the BJP and the Shiv Sena had contested without a pre-poll alliance. The two parties ended up winning 123 and 63 seats, respectively. The Congress was restricted to 42 and the NCP managed to win 41 constituencies. Following the polls, the BJP and Sena came together to form the government.
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Madan Prataprao Bhosale | BJP | 86839 |
Manohar Balasaheb Kadam | IND | 494 |
Shrirang Navsu Lakhe | IND | 359 |
Mahanawar Ramdas Bhiva | VBA | 3500 |
Prashant Prataprao Jagtap | IND | 265 |
Dipak Keshav Kakade | BSP | 1761 |
Dhanraj Maruti Kamble | CPI | 1685 |
Makrand Laxmanrao Jadhav (Patil) | NCP | 130486 |
Dattatray Abaji Sanas | Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | NA |
Sachin Bhausaheb Chavan | Maharashtra Kranti Sena | NA |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Makarand Laxmanrao Jadhav Patil (Current MLA) | NCP | 101218 |
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