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Maharashtra MLC Election Result 2021: BJP candidates Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Vasant Khandelwal emerged winners in Nagpur and Akola respectively as the counting of votes polled in Maharashtra legislative council elections is underway. In Nagpur, Bawankule romped home after defeating his nearest rival, MVA supported independent candidate Mangesh Deshmukh, after the Congress dumped its official nominee Dr. Ravindra Bhoyar at the last minute.
Maharashtra | Bharatiya Janata Party's Chandrashekhar Bawankule celebrates his win in Nagpur MLC election 2021 pic.twitter.com/ELSgjtDuzp
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2021
Khandelwal, on the other hand, trounced his main rival, Maha Vikas Aghadi supported Shiv Sena nominee Gopikisan Bajoria in Akola. Besides, the BJP and Sena bagged one seat each in Mumbai, BJP also netted Dhule seat and Congress secured Kolhapur, all four unopposed owing to local-level political understandings in the biennial polls.
Both these victories are special & results of hard work of every karyakarta.
With these victories from Nagpur & Akola by great margins, once again, @BJP4Maharashtra proves its mettle in these #MLCElections.
Out of total 6 seats, BJP won 4 seats of Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad !— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) December 14, 2021
Reacting to the victory, former Maharashtra CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said, “Both these victories are special and results of hard work of every karyakarta. With these victories from Nagpur & Akola by great margins, once again, @BJP4Maharashtra proves its mettle in these #MLCElection.”
Furthermore, he claimed that the BJP won 4 out of 6 seats in the Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad.
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