Ballarpur Election Result: BJP's Mungantiwar Sudhir Sacchidanand Wins A Fourth Term

The BJP candidate, Mungantiwar Sudhir Sacchidanand, secured his fourth victory with 1,04,975 votes, defeating Congress candidate Rawat Santoshsingh Chandansingh who bagged 78,928 votes. The winning margin stands at 26,047 votes.

In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Sachchidanand won the seat defeating Dr Vishwas Anandrao Zade of Congress with a winning margin of 33,078. The BJP had a vote share of 42.90 percent in 2019 in this seat.

Sachchidanand won the seat in 2014, defeating Congress candidate Mulchandani Ghanshyam Khushimal by a margin of 43,600 votes. The BJP had a vote share of 53.01 percent in 2014 in this seat.

The BJP MLA first won the seat in 2009 defeating Congress’ Pugliya Rahul Naresh with a margin of 24,736 votes.

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The ruling Mahayuti consists of the BJP, the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led breakaway faction of the Shiv Sena, and the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The opposition, the INDIA bloc’s MVA or the Maha Vikas Aghadi, has the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), or SS (UBT) led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray, the NCP (SP) faction led by Sharad Pawar and the Congress.

As the ruling Mahayuti alliance hopes to continue in power, opposition Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) strives for a strong comeback.

In the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJP secured 105 seats, the undivided Shiv Sena 56, and the Congress 44. In 2014, the BJP won 122 seats, the Shiv Sena and the Congress garnered 63, and 42 seats, respectively.

The BJP has fielded 149 candidates, Shiv Sena (Shinde) 81, and NCP (Ajit Pawar) 59. In the opposition, the Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (Sharad Pawar) 86.

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The 288 assembly seats in the State went to polls in a single phase on November 20 and 66.05% voter turnout was recorded. Among the seats, 234 belongs to general constituencies, 29 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC), and 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST).