Buldhana Election Results: Shiv Sena's Sanjay Gaikwad Leads
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Gaikwad from Buldhana constituency won by securing a vote margin of 91,660. Meanwhile, Jayshree Sunil of Shiv Sena (UBT) has come second by securing 90,819 votes.
Buldhana is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra. Sanjay Gaikwad of SHS, Jayashree Sunil Shelke of SHS (UBT) are key candidates who had contested from Buldhana constituency.
The 2019 elections in Buldhana assembly constituency recorded 306,272 registered voters, with 179,198 valid votes cast. Sanjay Rambhau Gaikwad of Shiv Sena emerged victorious with 67,785 votes, whilst Vijay Haribhau Shinde of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi secured 41,710 votes, trailing by 26,075 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. Among the seats, 234 belongs to general constituencies, 29 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC), and 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST).
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.
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.
