Baramati, May 4 (IANS) As the first round of vote counting completed for the Baramati bye-elections, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar was leading with over 8800 votes, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) trends as of 9:40 a.m. A total of 27,264 votes have been counted so far, out of which Sunetra Pawar has secured 26,773 votes. All other candidates are left with a combined total of 491 votes.Akshay Shivajirao Kardile, …
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New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Contrary to the brisk polling in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the by-elections for three seats (one in Gujarat and two in Maharashtra) started on a modest note and the polling percentage hovered around 30 per cent by Thursday noon. In Gujarat’s Umreth seat, polling was recorded at 37.14 per cent till 1 p.m. while in Maharashtra’s Baramati and Rahuri, the voting percentage stood at 31.91 per cent and 29.68 per cent respectively.Earlier also, Umreth seat led the pack by c…
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) The political landscape in Maharashtra is heating up following the announcement of by-elections for the Baramati and Rahuri Assembly constituencies. The Congress party has expressed its determination to contest both seats after receiving a “green signal” from the party high command. The vacancies arose following two tragic events: the death of sitting BJP MLA Shivajirao Kardile in Rahuri and the untimely demise of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Baramati constituency i…