Tirora Election Result: Vijay Bharatlal Rahangdale Of BJP Wins

The BJP candidate and incumbent MLA Vijay Bharatlal Rahangdale won the Tirora assembly seat with over 42,671 votes. The two-time MLA secured 1,02,313 votes, surpassing NCP (SP) candidate Ravikant Khushal Bopche who secured 59,642 votes so far.

In the 2019 state assembly elections, Rahangdale won the assembly seat, defeating Bopche by a margin of 25,560 which was 15.10 percent of the total votes cast for the seat. The BJP had a vote share of 45.18 percent in 2019 in this seat.

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In the 2014 state assembly elections, Rahangdale won the seat defeating Bansod Dilip Waman, an independent candidate, by a margin of 13,098 which was 7.79 percent of the total votes cast for the seat. The BJP had a vote share of 32.2 percent in 2014 in this seat.

In the 2009 Maharashtra assembly elections, Bopache won by defeating Rahangdale by a margin of 623 votes.

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.