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The biennial election for 11 seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council will not be unopposed as none of the 12 candidates withdrew their candidature on the last day of withdrawing nominations. The election will now be held on July 12.
The BJP has declared the names of five candidates. Party national secretary Pankaja Munde made it to the list of five candidates announced by the central leadership. The other four candidates for council polls are Parinay Phuke, Yogesh Tilekar, Amit Gorkhe and Sadabhau Khot.
The ruling NCP has given tickets to Rajesh Vitekar and Shivajirao Garje while the Shiv Sena has nominated former MP Bhawna Gavli and Krupal Tumane.
The Congress has renominated Pradnya Satav. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has given ticket to party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide Milind Narvekar. Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) MLC Jayant Patil has also filed his nomination from the opposition.
Out of the 11 MLCs retiring on July 27, four belong to BJP, two to Congress while NCP, Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena (UBT), Peasants and Workers Party and Rashtriya Samaj Party have one MLC each. The election of these 11 MLCs will be conducted through a secret ballot.
With the strength of the assembly reduced to 274 from 288—for reasons such as MLAs getting elected to Lok Sabha, death and suspension—the ruling coalition will be on its toes to keep its MLAs together.
On July 12, MLCs will get elected through a preferential voting system. The winning candidate would require 23 votes of first preference to get elected. Based on the strength of each party, the ruling alliance is confident of winning nine seats while the Opposition looks comfortable in securing two seats.
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