BJP candidate Umesh Alias Chandu Atmaramji Yawalkar is leading with 6,551 votes while incumbent MLA Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar trails behind with 4,384 votes. The margin between the two candidates is 2,167.
Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar of Socialist Workers Party (India) (SWP) won the seat by defeating BJP candidate Dr Anil Sukhdeorao Bonde by a margin of 9,772 in the 2019 assembly elecitons. SWP had a vote share of 50.09 percent in 2019 in this seat.
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In the 2014 state Assembly elections, Bonde won defeating Harshvardhan Pratapsinh Deshmukh of NCP by a margin of 40,162 which was 21.75 percent of the total votes cast for the seat.
In the 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Sukhadeorao won the seat as an independent candidate, defeating Nareshchandra Panjabrao Thakre, also an independent candidate, by a margin of 6,035 which was 3.65 percent of the total votes cast for the seat.
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.