CONTRARY to expectations and the seen enthusiasm amongst voters, the three seats of Pimpri-Chinchwad registered a slight enhance in voting share within the 2024 meeting polls in comparison with the 2019 meeting polls.
In line with election officers, Bhosari which was racing forward in polling by means of the day, registered round 61 per cent voting by the deadline of 6 pm. In 2019, Bhosari had registered simply 59. 71 per cent voting. Chinchwad which was trailing Bhosari when it comes to voting share completed with round 56 per cent voting in comparison with 53.55 per cent registered in 2019. The reserved seat of Pimpri, which witnessed a sluggish tempo of voting in comparison with the opposite two seats, ended up with 51.29 per cent voting in comparison with round 50.21 per cent voting within the 2019 meeting elections.
Of the three seats, the 2 seats of Bhosari and Chinchwad witnessed a bitter battle. Whereas within the third seat of Pimpri, the campaigning lacked enthusiasm and was colored with candidates refraining from attacking one another. The scene although was totally different in Chinchwad and Bhosari the place the Maha Vikas Aghadi and Mahayuti candidates put up a tough combat.
In Chinchwad seat, the combat was between Shankar Jagtap of BJP and Rahul Kalate of NCP (SP). Jagtap was contesting the meeting election for the primary time whereas Kalate had twice contested the election unsuccessfully. Kalatte had nonetheless given a troublesome combat to Laxman Jagtap, brother of Shankar Jagtap, within the 2019 elections which had made the BJP cautious.
In Bhosari, sitting MLA Mahesh Landge needed to slog it out towards Ajit Gavhane of the NCP (SP). Each are family members however are arch rivals on the political turf. Within the closing days of campaigning, it was broadly believed that Gavhane had succeeded in making inroads in Landge’s territory. Landge, who’s Pimpri-Chinchwad’s hottest politician at present, had launched his marketing campaign months earlier than the Election Fee introduced the polls.
In Pimpri seat, NCP had renominated Anna Bansode regardless of opposition from its personal camp. The NCP (SP) had nominated Sulakshna Shilkwant who was contesting her first election.
The three seats of Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial together with Pimpri, Chinchwad and Bhosari noticed a sluggish begin within the morning. Nevertheless, in the direction of midday and after that, the tempo of voting picked up particularly in Bhosari and Chinchwad. Polling in Pimpri remained sluggish by means of the day.
By 5 pm, Bhosari had registered 55 per cent voting — the very best, Chinchwad with 50 per cent and Pimpri the bottom with 42 per cent voting.
Bhosari remained forward of the 2 seats by means of the day. Initially by 9 am, it had registered 6 per cent voting which is kind of much like Chinchwad and Pimpri. Nevertheless, Bhosari later picked up tempo and after each two hours, it remained forward of the opposite two seats when it comes to share.
By 11 am, it had registered 16 per cent voting. By 1 pm, the voting went as much as 31 %. By 3 pm, it stood at 41 per cent and by 5 pm, voting in Bhosari was registered at 55 per cent.
Like Bhosari, Chinchwad additionally had a sluggish begin however gained momentum later within the day. After a sluggish begin within the first two hours of the morning when it registered round 6 per cent voting, the Chinchwad seat additionally picked up pace later within the afternoon. By 5 pm, it had registered 50 per cent.
In Pimpri Meeting seats, polling was sluggish by means of the day. Within the first two hours of polling, solely round 4 per cent voters had turned up. Within the subsequent two hours, it went as much as 11 per cent after which to 31 per cent. Even throughout midday hours, queues remained quick. By 5 pm, the Pimpri seat had registered solely 42 per cent voting.
Nevertheless, polling officers stated the polling share of Bhosari and Chinchwad had anticipated to go far past the 60 per cent mark. ”It’s because polling was underway even after 6 pm. We had taken all voters who had been in queues until 6 pm. The polling ended at some locations late within the night,” officers stated. The ultimate determine of voting had been accessible solely at 11.15 pm.
Rahul Kalate, the NCP (SP) candidate stated, “I believed there can be three to 4 per cent enhance in voting due to the best way the marketing campaign was fought. Possibly it’s due to lacking names of voters that the per centage got here down. Anyhow, I count on this may go in my favour.”
