BJP’s Vijaykumar Krushanrao won from the Nandurbar constituency by securing 1,55,190 votes. Indian National Congress’ Eng. Kiran Damodar came in second with a vote margin of 76,247.
Nandurbar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state. A total of 9 candidates were in the fray from the constituency. Dr Vijaykumar Krushanrao Gavit (BJP), Engg.Kiran Damodar Tadavi (INC) and Vasudev Namdev Gangurde (MNS) are in fray.
Nandurbar constituency is a significant political region reserved for Scehduled Tribes. It comprises six Vidhan Sabha segments. The constituency has history of fluctuating political allegiance, with the BJP and INC being the primary contenders.
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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.
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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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.
