Big Blow For BJP On Nitin Gadkari, Devendra Fadnavis's Home Turf - NDTV

Mumbai:

In a large electoral setback for the BJP successful 1 of its astir important bastions, the campaigner for the absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) conjugation connected Thursday defeated the party's contender successful polls to a Maharashtra Legislative Council spot successful Nagpur.

What makes the results a immense stroke for the BJP is that the constituency houses the office of its ideological genitor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and is the location turf of salient leaders similar Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

A cardinal contention successful the authorities aft Shiv Sena dissident Eknath Shinde displaced Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, siding with the BJP successful June, the predetermination saw the MVA's Sudhakar Adbale triumph the Nagpur teachers' seat, defeating the BJP-backed Nago Ganar, officials said.

The biennial elections to the precocious location of the authorities legislature were chiefly betwixt the ruling tie-up of the BJP and Mr Shinde's Shiv Sena faction and candidates backed by the MVA comprising Mr Thackeray's Shiv Sena camp, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

The 6-year word of 5 assembly members - 3 from teachers and 2 from graduates constituencies - is expiring connected February 7 and polling was held connected Monday to capable up the upcoming vacancies.

Teachers and graduates fulfilling definite criteria and enrolled arsenic voters were eligible to workout their franchise successful these elections.

The Konkan teachers' constituency recorded the highest elector turnout astatine 91.02 per cent, portion the Nashik part graduates spot logged the lowest polling astatine 49.28 per cent.

The teachers' constituencies of Aurangabad, Nagpur and Konkan divisions recorded 86 per cent, 86.23 per cent and 91.02 per cent voting, respectively.

Besides Nagpur, different intimately watched combat was successful the Nashik part graduates seat, wherever the Congress saw a rebellion successful its ranks successful the run-up to the polls.

Three-time assembly subordinate Sudhir Tambe was the authoritative Congress campaigner for the seat, but helium did not record his information papers.

As helium opted retired of the contest, his lad Satyajeet Tambe decided to combat arsenic an independent. The Congress aboriginal suspended both. Satyajeet Tambde is presently starring successful the polls, officials said.