Regarded as a crucial ‘semi-final’ contest leading up to the Maharashtra Assembly election later this year, the MLC polls witnessed 11 seats up for grabs with 12 candidates vying for them
The BJP entered the fray with five candidates, including Pankaja Munde, daughter of the late senior leader Gopinath Munde, who secured wins. Likewise, both the Shinde Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP fielded two candidates, all of whom emerged victorious.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition, consisting of the Congress and factions of Sena and NCP, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar, respectively, presented three candidates for the election.
Regarded as a crucial ‘semi-final’ contest leading up to the Maharashtra Assembly election later this year, the MLC polls witnessed 11 seats up for grabs with 12 candidates vying for them.
The results, while expected given the indirect election process where MLCs are elected by Assembly lawmakers, reflected the strength of each party’s legislative backing. With BJP boasting 103 MLAs and fielding five candidates, Mahayuti secured four seats, falling just short of the fifth. Similarly, the Shinde Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, being nine and seven MLAs short, had a combined deficit of 28 votes for the nine contested seats.