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Bhandara-Gondiya By-election Result News Updates: NCP candidate emerges victorious

Bypoll in Bhandara-Gondiya was necessitated after Nana Patole quit as BJP MP to return to the Congress.

Updated: June 6, 2018 3:04 PM IST

By India.com News Desk | Edited by Ruchi Dua

Bhandara-Gondiya By-election Result News Updates: NCP candidate emerges victorious
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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday, May 31 won the crucial Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seat defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s Hemant Patle. In Bhandara-Gondiya, the bypoll was necessitated after Nana Patole quit as BJP MP to return to the Congress. A total of 18 candidates contested for the Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seat where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) locked horns with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The NCP fielded Madhukar Kukde while the saffron party nominated Hemant Patle.

Amid reports of malfunctioning of EVM-VVPATs during polling on May 27, the Election Commission (EC) ordered re-polling at 49 booths in Bhandara-Gondiya on May 30. Former Union minister Praful Patel claimed that almost 25 per cent of EVMs malfunctioned in Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha seat,.

Meanwhile, counting of votes is also taking place in Palghar and Palus-Kadegaon Assembly constituency of Maharashtra. In Palus-Kadegaon Assembly constituency, bypoll was necessitated due to death of sitting MLA and senior Congressman Patangrao Kadam while in Palghar death of sitting BJP MP Chintaman Wanaga in January this year led to elections.

– Watch this space for live coverage on counting of votes in Bhandara-Gondiya

Live Updates

  • May 31, 2018 3:14 PM IST

  • May 31, 2018 2:20 PM IST
    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: Nationalist Congress Party’s Madhukar Kukde ahead of BJP candidate Hemant Patel.
  • May 31, 2018 1:32 PM IST
    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: Following the Election Commission’s order, re-polling was held at 49 booths in five of the six Assembly segments in Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency.
  • May 31, 2018 12:05 PM IST
    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: In Bhandara, BJP candidate Hemant Patle, who was leading in the earlier rounds of counting, suddenly fell behind Nationalist Congress Party’s Madhukar Kukde.
  • May 31, 2018 11:19 AM IST

    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: The results of the two Lok Sabha seats — Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya — in Maharashtra are important for all four major political parties.

  • May 31, 2018 11:00 AM IST
    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: NCP candidate leading by 3,959 votes from Maharashtra’s Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency after fourth round of counting.
  • May 31, 2018 10:19 AM IST

    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: As per early trends, NCP is leading by 3,100 votes.

  • May 31, 2018 9:56 AM IST

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  • May 31, 2018 9:54 AM IST

    Bhandara-Gondiya bypoll result LIVE updates: Bharatiya Janata Party races ahead on Bhandara-Gondia seat.

  • May 31, 2018 9:46 AM IST

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