After a nail-biting end within the Lok Sabha bypoll held in Nanded seat, Congress candidate Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan was declared elected with a slender margin of 1,457 votes. Chavan defeated his nearest BJP rival Santukrao Hambarde with VBA candidate Avinash Bhosikar strolling away with greater than 80,000 votes.
The bypolls for Nanded Lok Sabha seat was necessitated because of the sudden demise of Vasantrao who had defeated sitting BJP MP Pratap Patil Chikhalikar by a good-looking margin of over 59,000 votes. His victory had stunned many within the Congress as former chief minister Ashokrao Chavan had left the celebration and joined BJP simply earlier than the elections.
Vasantrao had died attributable to well being problems which necessitated this ballot. Congress had given his son Ravindra the ticket and the struggle was presupposed to be a straightforward one given the sympathy he had within the area.
Nevertheless, the electoral struggle was intense with Hambarde making early positive aspects. At one time, Hambarde was main with a cushty margin of over 45,000 votes. Nevertheless, Ravindra managed to drag again and canopy up in direction of the tip of the counting. Hambarde’s brother Mohanrao was the Congress candidate from Nanded South Meeting constituency.
Because the lead between Ravindra and Santukrao widened, it nearly seemed just like the BJP would be capable of reclaim the Nanded seat which it had misplaced to the Congress in 2024.
However the previous couple of rounds proved decisive with Ravindra managing to bridge the hole and in addition win the seat. Nanded Lok Sabha seat had seen Rahul Gandhi campaigning in addition to House Minister Amit Shah flying in. Ashok Chavan, whose daughter Shrejaya managed to win the Bhokar seat, additionally had put his would possibly to get the seat within the kitty of BJP.
With this win, Congress managed to maintain its Lok Sabha seat depend to 100 (impartial Vishal Patil is a co-opted member) intact. Because the MVA went for an enormous drubbing within the Meeting polls, this could be the one comfort for the opposition alliance.
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