Maharashtra MLC Polls: Mahayuti Leads in Three Seats After Day Two
As counting continues for five legislative council seats, the Mahayuti alliance shows strength in three constituencies while MVA leads in two.
BJP leads in Pune teachers' and Nagpur graduates' constituencies.
Shiv Sena candidate Kiran Sarnaik is ahead in Amravati teachers' constituency.
Voter turnout was highest in Amravati at 91.08%, with a total of 1.06 million eligible voters.
The counting of votes for the Maharashtra legislative council elections, which took place on October 23, has entered its second day. As of Wednesday morning, the ruling Mahayuti alliance is leading in three out of five contested seats, while the opposition coalition, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA), is ahead in two.
In the ongoing count, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has established a lead in both the Pune teachers' and Nagpur graduates' constituencies. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena is currently leading in the Amravati teachers' constituency. The counting process, which began late Tuesday, is still in progress due to the use of paper ballots for the elections.
In the Nagpur graduates' constituency, BJP candidate Sudhakar Kohale has surged ahead of Congress's Abhijit Wanjari, accumulating 60,921 votes as of 8 AM, leading by over 4,000 votes. In the Amravati teachers' constituency, Shiv Sena's Kiran Sarnaik has garnered 8,575 votes, maintaining a lead over Congress's Aditi Pohare by 4,752 votes, despite competition from a rebel Shiv Sena candidate.
The Aurangabad graduates' constituency is witnessing a significant lead for NCP (SP) candidate Pratapsingh Patil, who has a margin of 23,360 votes over his NCP rival. The Pune graduates' constituency is closely contested, with NCP-SP's Harshada Deshmukh currently leading on first-preference votes.
The overall voter turnout across the five constituencies was notable, with Amravati teachers' constituency recording the highest at 91.08%. A total of 1.06 million voters were eligible to participate in the elections, spread across 2,419 polling stations. Election officials anticipate that the final results will be available in the next few hours as counting continues.
