Bhokar Election Result: BJP's Sreejaya Chavan Leads
In Bhokar Assembly constituency, BJP candidate Sreejaya Chavan, daughter of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is leading against Tirupati Kadam Kondhekar of the Congress.
Ending a long 38-year association with the Congress, Chavan joined the BJP in February, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Since the BJP nominated Chavan in the Rajya Sabha, his home turf Bhokar assembly constituency in Nanded district was left vacant. Now, with the electoral debut of Sreejaya from Bhoker, a third generation member from Chavan family is entering politics. With Chavan’s daughter, the BJP hopes to maintain the stronghold Chavan held in the area and thereby secure saffron party’s first win from Bhoker.
Bhokar is traditionally a Chavan’s family constituency. Before Asok, his father Shankarrao Chavan won from this seat. In the 2019 election, Asok Chavan secured 1,40,559 votes from the assembly segment. Chavan then belonged to Congress has defeated BJP candidate Shrinivas Alias Bapusaheb Deshmukh Gorthekar by a margin of 9,7445 votes. In the 2014 polls, Chavan’s wife Ameeta Chavan won the seat on a Congress ticket. She has defeated Kinhalkar Dr Madhavrao Bhujangrao by a margin of 47557 votes. In the 2009 polls, Chavan secured the seat by a garnering a whooping margin of 1,20,849 votes.
The 288 assembly seats in the State went to polls in a single phase on November 20 and 66.05% voter turnout was recorded. As the ruling Mahayuti alliance hopes to continue in power, opposition Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) strives for a strong comeback.
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.
This assembly polls mark first one in the state after Shiv Sena and NCP split in 2022, and 2023 respectively. 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.
