The 2024 Maharashtra Meeting Election, which resulted in a landslide victory for the ruling Mahayuti on Saturday, noticed 15 seats received by a margin of greater than 1 lakh votes, and 29 seats had been received by a margin of greater than 80,000 votes. It is a important enhance from 2019 when simply 4 seats had been received by a margin of greater than 1 lakh votes and 13 seats had been received by a margin of greater than 80,000 votes.
The 4.95 share level enhance in voter turnout in 2024 as in contrast with the earlier election may very well be one of many causes for this enhance in seats received by large margins.
This time, Kashiram Pawara received the Shirpur seat in Dhule by a margin of 1,45,944 votes, the very best amongst all seats. Pawara had additionally received the seat final time however by a margin of 49,174 votes.
In 2019, Ajit Pawar had received Baramati by the very best margin within the election – 1,65,265 votes. This time Pawar received by a margin of simply over 1 lakh votes. Baramati can be the one seat received by a margin of over 1 lakh in each elections.
Seats received by small margin
This election noticed 36 seats that had been received by a margin of lower than 5,000 votes, and 70 seats that had been received by a margin of lower than 10,000 votes. Within the 2019 election, 37 seats had been received by a margin of 5,000 votes and 72 seats had been received by a margin of 10,000 votes. This exhibits a placing similarity between the variety of seats in 2019 and 2024 elections which had been an in depth contest.
Nevertheless, of 36 seats received by a margin of lower than 5,000 in 2024, solely seven fell in the identical class in 2019. These are Akola West, Nanded South, Ghansawangi, Akkalkuwa, Rajura, Jintur and Vadgaon Sheri.
The closest margin in 2024 was seen in Malegaon Central which was received by Asif Rasheed of AIMIM by simply 162 votes. Final election, this seat was received by Mohammed Khalique of the identical social gathering by a cushty margin of over 38,000 votes. The closest margin in 2019 was seen within the Chandivali seat which Dilip Lande of undivided Shiv Sena received by 409 votes. This time Lande received Chandivali by the next margin of 20,625 votes.
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