Malkapur Election Result: BJP's Chainsukh Mandanlal Leads

BJP’s Chainsukh Mandanlal from Malkapur constituency by securing 1,09,921 votes while Rajesh Panditrao Ekade of Congress came in second by securing 83,524 votes.

Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti (BJP), Rajesh Panditrao Ekade of Congress are the key candidates who had contested from Malkapur constituency.

Malkapur assembly constituency is one of the seven constituencies of Maharashtra legislative assembly. During the 2019 elections, Malkapur constituency recorded 268,718 registered voters with 186,252 valid votes cast. The Indian National Congress representative, Ekade Rajesh Panditrao, secured victory with 86,276 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti, received 71,892 votes, trailing by 14,384 votes.

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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).

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.

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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.

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