Mumbai: Maharashtra's ruling Grand Alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP on Friday won all nine seats contested in the biennial elections for 11 seats of the state Legislative Council.
In the results declared in the evening of the elections held earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five seats, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) got two seats each. Everyone.
From the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Milind Narvekar, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, and Congress candidate Pradnya Satav won the election.
Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) candidate Jayant Patil, who was supported by Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), lost the election.
The election had become necessary as 11 members of the Legislative Council (MLC) are completing their six-year term on July 27.
The 288-member Legislative Assembly was the electoral college for the election and its current strength is 274.
Each winning candidate was required to have a quota of 23 first-preference votes.
BJP is the largest party in the assembly with 103 members, followed by Shiv Sena (38), NCP (42), Congress (37), Shiv Sena (UBT) 15 and NCP (SP) 10.
The BJP had fielded five candidates - former Maharashtra ministers Pankaja Munde, Yogesh Tillekar, Parinee Phuke, Amit Gorkhe and Sadbhau Khot, and its ally Shiv Sena had fielded two - former Lok Sabha MPs Kripal Tumane and Bhavana Gawli. NCP had given tickets to Shivajirao Garje and Rajesh Vitekar.
The Congress had nominated Satav for another term, while the Sena (UBT) had fielded Narvekar.
The MVA's third constituent, NCP (SP), did not field its candidate and instead supported PWP's Jayant Patil.
In the results declared in the evening of the elections held earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five seats, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) got two seats each. Everyone.
From the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Milind Narvekar, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, and Congress candidate Pradnya Satav won the election.
Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) candidate Jayant Patil, who was supported by Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), lost the election.
The election had become necessary as 11 members of the Legislative Council (MLC) are completing their six-year term on July 27.
The 288-member Legislative Assembly was the electoral college for the election and its current strength is 274.
Each winning candidate was required to have a quota of 23 first-preference votes.
BJP is the largest party in the assembly with 103 members, followed by Shiv Sena (38), NCP (42), Congress (37), Shiv Sena (UBT) 15 and NCP (SP) 10.
The BJP had fielded five candidates - former Maharashtra ministers Pankaja Munde, Yogesh Tillekar, Parinee Phuke, Amit Gorkhe and Sadbhau Khot, and its ally Shiv Sena had fielded two - former Lok Sabha MPs Kripal Tumane and Bhavana Gawli. NCP had given tickets to Shivajirao Garje and Rajesh Vitekar.
The Congress had nominated Satav for another term, while the Sena (UBT) had fielded Narvekar.
The MVA's third constituent, NCP (SP), did not field its candidate and instead supported PWP's Jayant Patil.
