Like elsewhere within the state, BJP and Mahayuti dominated the sugarcane belt of Western Maharashtra, profitable as many as 44 seats out of 58. The BJP emerged as the one largest occasion bagging 24 seats whereas the Congress, which was banking on its Lok Sabha efficiency, got here up with one in all its worst performances, managing to win only one seat.
Congress, the grand previous occasion, has virtually been wiped off from its previous bastion of Western Maharashtra the place the saffron occasion has turned up as the largest gainer within the Meeting election.
Of the 58 seats in Western Maharashtra, the Congress gained just one seat in Sangli as towards 11 in 2019 within the earlier Meeting elections. Now it has no legislator in Pune, Solapur, Satara and Kolhapur whereas Vishwajeet Kadam is the one legislator from Paloos-Kadegaon in Sangli district.
This, regardless of the Congress profitable the Lok Sabha seats of Solapur and Kolhapur early this yr. The occasion’s insurgent candidate had additionally gained in Sangli and later turned the related MP. ”That is Congress’s worst efficiency in Western Maharashtra,” mentioned Ramesh Iyer, Congress common secretary in Pune.
Kadam, the lone winner for Congress, blamed Mahayuti’s cash energy and the Ladki Bahin Yojana for the MVA’s poor present in Western Maharashtra. “Even if lot of cash was distributed amongst voters, I’ve emerged the winner,” Kadam informed the Categorical. Kadam mentioned elections have turn into an inconceivable subject now. ”Cash appear to matter rather a lot within the elections. The ruling events left no stone unturned to defeat me with their cash energy… They did an identical factor in different constituencies within the state,” mentioned.
In Kolhapur, the place Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra had held her rally which had drawn an enormous response, the Congress misplaced all of the 4 seats other than the one seat the place it was backing an impartial candidate. Congress Kolhapur district president Satej Patil mentioned the Vishalgad fort controversy proved disastrous for the Congress. “Had the Vishalgad controversy not occurred, we’d have proved our mettle within the elections,” Patil informed the Categorical.
Patil mentioned moreover the Vishalgad controversy, the Ladki Bahin Yojana additionally went towards the Congress. “Of the 35 lakh voters in 10 seats of Kolhapur, 11 lakh voters availed the advantages of Ladki Bahin Yojana,” he mentioned.
One of many outstanding losers in Western Maharashtra was former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in Karad South Meeting constituency.
All through the campaigning, Chavan was alleging that his opponent was utilizing money-power to purchase voters. “Enormous sum of money is being distributed in my constituency to defeat me…Not less than 8,000 folks have been placed on the job by the BJP,” Chavan had informed this newspaper throughout the campaigning. Chavan was defeated by Atul Bhosale of BJP.
The BJP gained 24 seats with a most of 9 in Pune, 5 in Solapur, 4 in Satara, two in Kolhapur and 4 in Sangli. It had gained 17 seats within the 2019 Meeting elections.
BJP’s first timer Shankar Jagtap created a report of types in Pimpri-Chinchwad as he gained the Chinchwad seat with a margin of over one lakh votes, one thing which had not occurred throughout the Meeting elections in Pimpri-Chinchwad. Even his well-known brother, Laxman Jagtap, who had gained thrice had by no means secured victory with over one lakh margin.
The tally of Ajit Pawar-led NCP dropped from 14 to 11 whereas that of ally Shiv Sena elevated from 5 to seven taking the full tally of Mahayuti in Western Maharashtra to 44 of the full 58 seats. The undivided NCP had gained 27 seats within the 2019 elections.
For MVA, the efficiency in Western Maharashtra is a setback regardless of the NCP(SP) rising its tally from six to seven however the Sharad Pawar led NCP(SP) has no illustration from the bastion of Satara and Kolhapur. The Shiv Sena (UBT) has gained by profitable two seats towards no legislator within the outgoing home of state legislative Meeting.
The BJP is a dominant occasion in 4 of the 5 districts by profitable most variety of seats in Pune, Solapur, Satara and Sangli whereas the alliance companion Shiv Sena is the dominant occasion in Kolhapur district.
