Failure to settle seat disputes cost MVA many seats
In Solapur south Assembly seat, BJP’s Subhash Deshmukh won the election by 77,127 votes against Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Amar Patil.
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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray with party leaders Sanjay Raut and Aaditya Thackeray during a press conference after the results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. (PTI Photo)The disagreements within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over the candidates and failure to rise over differences seem to have proved costly for the three opposition parties of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party (SP).
In Solapur south Assembly seat, BJP’s Subhash Deshmukh won the election by 77,127 votes against Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Amar Patil. Despite Patil being the official opposition candidate, the Congress leadership from Solapur including Lok Sabha MP Praniti Shinde openly extended support to independent Dharmraj Kadadi, who managed to win only 18,747 votes.
While the local Shiv Sena-UBT leaders openly voiced their anger over Shinde’s tactics, party’s Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi made it a point to express herself openly on social media platform X. “The independent candidate supported by MP Praniti Shinde over MVA candidate lost his deposit and at the same time made the official MVA Shiv Sena UBT candidate lose.”
In the neighbouring Pandharpur constituency, BJP’s Samashan Autade won by 8,430 votes against Bhagirath Bhalake of the Congress. Sharad Pawar led NCP (SP) had given ticket to Anil Sawant who got 10, 217 votes, resulting in Bhalake’s defeat.
In Raigad district’s Uran seat, BJP’s Mahesh Baldi won by 6,512 votes against Pritam Mhatre of Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), a constituent of MVA. Shiv Sena-UBT candidate Manohar Bhoir came third winning 69,893 votes. Similarly, in Panvel Assembly seat, BJP’s Prashant Thakur won by 51,091 votes against PWP’s Balaram Patil. Failure to settle the dispute, Shiv Sena-UBT candidate Leena Garad contested the seat and won 43,989 votes.
In Nanded north, Shiv Sena’s Balaji Kalyankar won the seat by a mere 3,502 votes against Congress candidate Abdul Sattar Gaffoor. MVA partner Shiv Sena-UBT’s Sangita Patil garnered 22,706 votes, leading to Gaffoor’s defeat.
In Amravati district’s Badnera, independent Ravi Rana won by 66,974 votes against independent Priti Band who got 60,826 votes. Despite being from the Shiv Sena-UBT, Band was denied the ticket, and it was given to Sunil Kharate, who came distant third winning only 7,121 votes.
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