Category: Elections

NAGPUR: The election for Nagpur Zilla Parishad and panchayat samitis witnessed around 67% polling on Tuesday. The counting will be held on Wednesday and the picture will be clear by the afternoon though final results are officially declared in the evening.
There were no untoward incidents in the district. Police had taken preventive action against 135 anti-social elements before polling. There were very few complaints regarding the malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs). However, many people complained about errors in voters’ lists.
Complaints were received by the administration that names of some people in polling booths of Mansar-Shitalwadi circle were missing. Similar complaints were received from Nagardhan circle.
The maximum enthusiasm among voters was seen in Mouda and Kuhi talukas, which witnessed over 60% polling by 3.30 pm. The figure for Mouda taluka was 62.42% while that of Kuhi was 62.51%. Against this Nagpur Rural taluka, which has a lot of semi-urban areas witnessed only 41.78% voting.
Anjana Wakde (95) voted at the polling booth at Kolbaswami junior college, Dhapewada. She told the media that she had voted in every election since she was 21 (the previous minimum age for voting). Mira Bagde, a 70-year-old physically challenged woman, voted at Pipla village in the afternoon. She came with her family members in a car.
Each voter had to cast two votes – one for ZP member and one for PS member. Such type of multiple voting is now common in local body elections.
Counting will be held at 13 tehsil offices. Some 2,000 government staffers have been deployed for counting duty. There will be 16 EVMs on each counting table. As the same EVM contained a list of ZP and PS candidates, the counting process is simpler this time and is expected to be faster.
The first result is expected by 12 noon. By around noon results of 13 ZP circles and 26, PS will be declared. As one round will take two hours the final tally will be known between 6 pm and 8 pm.
Akola ZP witnessed around 56% voting. Most seats are witnessing a quadrangular fight between Congress-NCP, Shiv Sena, BJP and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). The VBA’s earlier avatar BRP-BMS has been in power in Akola ZP since years. This time another government may come to power.
Washim ZP witnessed around 65% voting. There is no alliance between Congress and NCP in this district. The fight here too is quadrangular between Congress, NCP, BJP and Sena.

The district’s rural areas are all set for Tuesday’s elections to Zilla Parishad (ZP) and panchayat Samiti (PS). Counting will be held at 13 tehsil headquarters on Wednesday. The credibility of cabinet ministers Anil Deshmukh and Sunil Kedar and leaders of BJP Nitin Gadkari and Devendra Fadnavis is at stake in view of the current volatile political situation.

There are 58 circles or seats in Nagpur ZP while there are 116 seats in the PS. For the election, there are 1,828 polling booths. 182 centres were designated model centres out of these. During the voting, approximately 14.19 lakh voters are eligible to cast votes between 7.30 am and 5.30 pm. Of the 58 ZP circles, 10 are reserved for SC, 7 for ST and 16 for OBCs, leaving 25 general category seats. Fifty per cent of seats are reserved for women in all these categories. So, for the fairer sex, there are 29 seats. For these seats, there are 270 candidates in the fray, while the PS polls are contested by 497 candidates. For their respective areas, 13 tehsildars were appointed as assistant returning officers (AROs). For 58 circles, a total of 225 zones were created. In total, 2,012 control units and 4,024 ballot units will be used in the election, while, if any, 10 per cent of machines were kept ready to replace defective ones. In these votes, there will be no VVPATs.

For these elections, Congress and the NCP have a pre-poll coalition. Congress contests 42 ZP seats while the NCP contests 16 seats. Candidates for Congress are in 97 PS seats in the fray, while the corresponding NCP figure is 19. Shiv Sena and BJP have a different contest. Apparently, Sena did not nominate its candidates in a couple of seats to support candidates from Congress-NCP. Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) has applied for 20 ZP seats while 13 Prahar candidates are in the fray as well. For these elections, Deshmukh, Kedar, Fadnavis, Gadkari, Sena supporter MLA Ashish Jaiswal and others campaigned extensively. BJP had twenty-one members, Sena eight, Congress 19, NCP seven and smaller parties three before the earlier body was disbanded. With the support of smaller parties, BJP and Sena ruled the bodies. Nonetheless, an alliance is expected this time between Congress, NCP and Sena, and BJP has little chance to retain power.

Nagpur: BJP candidates filed papers on 4 ZP seats and 8 Panchayat Samiti seats in Kamptee Tehsil for the last day of the Zilla Parishad (ZP) and Panchayat Samiti (PS) elections, which were held on 7 January 2020.

In the presence of the leader of the political party and former guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, the party candidates submitted their nomination papers to the Tehsil Office in Kamptee.

The popular candidates of BJP, including Anil Nidhan, Anita Chikte, Poonam Malode, Sheela Hatwar, Pradeep Chakole and others have submitted their papers.

Mahrashtra Government Formation: महाराष्ट्र सत्ता संघर्षात आजचा दिवस अतिशय महत्वाचा ठरला, राज्यपाल कोश्यारी (BhagatSingh Koshyari) यांनी भाजपाला (BJP) सत्तास्थापनेसाठी आमंत्रण दिले असताना भाजपने आपली भूमिका मांडत शिवसेना सोबत नसल्यास आपण सत्ता स्थापन करणार नसल्याचे स्पष्ट केले आहे, तर त्यानंतर आता शिवसेनेने (Shivsena) सुद्धा आपली सर्व शक्ती एकवटून सरकार स्थापनेसाठी प्रयत्न सुरु केले आहे. राज्यपालांच्या सूचनेनुसार येत्या दिवसात जर का शिवसेना सुद्धा सत्ता स्थापनेचा दावा करण्यास फेल झाली तर राज्यात राष्ट्रपती राजवट लागू होण्यावाचून पर्याय उरणार नाही. राजकीय अस्थिरतेच्या या एकूणच गोंधळामुळे सामान्य जनता देखील पुरती वैतागली आहे, अशातच #ShivsenaCheatsMaharashtra हा हॅशटॅग वापरत भाजपच्या समर्थकांनी ट्विटरवरून आपला संताप मांडायला सुरुवात केली आहे. अवघ्या काहीच तासात या हॅशटॅगचा वापर करत 31 हजाराहून अधिक ट्विट करण्यात आले आहेत.

ट्विटरवर ट्रेंड होणाऱ्या या हॅशटॅगनुसार, शिवसेनेने निवडणुकीपूर्वी महायुतीतून एकत्र लढण्याचे आश्वासन दिले होते त्यानुसार जनतेने मते दिली मात्र आता शिवसेना मुख्यमंत्री पदाच्या अंतर्गत वादावर अडून राहत महायुतीला तोडू पाहत आहे. यामुळे जर का भाजपाने किंवा शिवसेनेने अन्य पक्षासोबत मिळून संयुक्तरित्या सरकार स्थापन केले तर ज्यांनी या युतीला निवडून दिले त्या जनादेशाचा अपमान होईल असे नेटकऱ्यांचे म्हणणे आहे.

Finally, Devendra Fadnavis has resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra. The move comes in the wake of the tenure of the incumbent Maharashtra Assembly getting over on November 9. He met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Friday to submit his resignation papers. After resigning, he addressed a press conference and announced that he has submitted his resignation to the Governor and he has accepted it. He made a scathing attack on Shiv Sena and said that while the elections were fought by the two parties as allies, Sena’s sudden change of stand after the results “came as a shock”. He further added that Maharashtra gave us a great mandate during Lok Sabha elections and even in assembly we faced the elections as allies. Mahayuti (grand alliance) got a clear mandate. We won more than 160 seats and BJP emerged as the single largest party with 105 seats. Uddhav Thackeray on the day of results made it clear that they have their options open and this was a shock for us. The results for Maharashtra assembly elections were declared on October 24 but Shiv Sena and BJP failed to arrive at a consensus to form the next government. The BJP has 105 seats while Shiv Sena has 56 seats in the 288-member assembly.

A BJP-Shiv Sena government ought to take power in Maharashtra below Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s leadership, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari same these days, declarative that his party would win Sena’s support. “Devendra Fadnavis is that the alternative and he ought to lead the govt. The BJP won one hundred and five seats that the Chief Minister ought to be from the BJP,” Nitin Gadkari same as his fast flight to Nagpur, the headquarters of the BJP’s ideologic mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), oil-fired speculation that he was a choice for accord chief minister to mollify the Sena. Reacting to the speculation, man Gadkari said: “I am in Delhi, there’s absolute confidence of my returning to Maharashtra.”

A BJP delegation met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari these days. “People of Maharashtra have given the mandate to ‘Mahayuti’ (alliance). there’s a delay in government formation. Today, we tend to meet the Governor to debate the legal choices and political scenario within the state,” state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil told reporters. BJP and also the shiv Sena won a transparent majority in last month’s Maharashtra election, with one hundred and five seats for the BJP and fifty-six for the Sena. however, since the decision on October 24, government formation has been stalled by Sena’s demand for a “50:50” deal it says was mentioned with BJP chief Amit Shah earlier this year, before the national elections. With simply twenty-four hours to create the government, the Sena remains firm on its chief minister for 0.5 the term and an equal share in portfolios. The BJP has maintained that Devendra Fadnavis can continue as Chief Minister for a point.

Mr Gadkari, a senior BJP leader of Maharashtra, is probably going to satisfy with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur. He told reporters, however, that Mohan Bhagwat or the RSS had “no role in this” and should not have any either. Mr Gadkari’s name has floated around as a potential compromise candidate for Chief Minister if that’s what it takes to resolve the situation with the shiv Sena. The Sena’s leadership is believed to be deeply upset with Devendra Fadnavis, who has rejected the party’s demand for sharing the chief minister’s post on a moving basis. Mr Fadnavis’s meeting with Mohan Bhagwat on a weekday night is seen as vital during this context. Sena MP and proponent Sanjay Raut have denied any meeting or talks between his party chief Uddhav author and Mohan Bhagwat. The knife Sena is seen to be additionally amenable to man Gadkari, who was a minister in an earlier BJP-Sena government in Maharashtra and is on the point of Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Mr Gadkari additionally has cordial ties along with his son Uddhav author. Over the weekend, Sena leader Kishore Tiwari wrote to Mohan Bhagwat suggesting that man Gadkari be asked to resolve the crisis. “Gadkari is ready to resolve true among 2 hours,” man Tiwari told reporters once asked concerning his letter to man Bhagwat.

There is not yet any talk of the Shiv Sena and the BJP about forming a government in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena is adamant on the 50-50 formula. In the meantime, Congress has begun to cast a shadow on the Shiv Sena. Gave open offer to Shivessna and said to give till the Chief Minister’s post. Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Hussain Dalwai said that if Shiv Sena comes with us, then the Chief Minister will belong to him. Hussain Dalwai said that if the Shiv Sena is talking about a two-and-a-half-year-old chief minister, but the BJP is not accepting it. Now we will see what Shiv Sena does on this. With this, Dalwai said, “If the Shiv Sena proposes, then the Shiv Sena could become the Chief Minister. But the daring (courage) that he needs is not with the Shiv Sena. ” Let us know that the Congress has finished fourth in the assembly elections. In this election, the Congress has won 44 seats. He contested elections along with Sharad Pawar’s party NCP. The NCP is the third-largest party in the state. The NCP has won 54 seats. At the same time, Shiv Sena has 56 seats. Mixing the figures of all three is 154. That means all three can form a government. Congress agrees to give CM post to Shiv Sena. The NCP has not given any statement on this. However, on Wednesday, senior party leader Praful Patel said that if the circumstances change, they will see what can be done. The Shiv Sena is firm with its demand that two and a half and a half parties should be CMs. Sanjay Raut had said on Wednesday that we will make Maharashtra’s horoscope. Overall, the Shiv Sena has consistently expressed its strong attitude. It will be interesting to see how many more days this will last in the politics of Maharashtra.

Merely 235 of the three,237 candidates within the fray for the 2019 state assembly elections were ladies. Twenty four of them won-the highest variety of ladies to induce elected in Maharashtra polls-and can currently compose eight.3% of the assembly total strength compared with twenty or seven.3% in 2014.

 

1.VIDYA THAKUR ( BJP) CONSTITUENCY: GOREGAON

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Thakur is BJP’s north Indian face within the town. She is a junior minister for ladies and kid development and was a BMC corporate back in 1992. She won well by forty-eight,907 votes.

2. SEEMA HIRAY (BJP) CONSTITUENCY: NASHIK WEST

Hiray bagged the seat for the second term. She was a Nashik Municipal Corporation corporate and later got elective to the assembly in 2014. Her father, Yashwant Patil, was chairman of Kadwa Cooperative Sugar plant. She is an in-law of BJP leader Popatrao Hiray.

3. SUMAN PATIL (NCP)CONSTITUENCY: TASGAONKAVTHEMAHAKAL

Late state home minister R R Patil’s partner Suman had a snug win from the constituency her husband had represented for 6 consecutive terms

till his untimely death in 2015.

4. BHARATI LAVEKAR (BJP)

CONSTITUENCY: VERSOVA

The sitting MLA won a second term. tho’ she represents knife Sangram Party, semiconductor diode by Indian strongman Vinayak borderline, she opposes on the BJP image and won by five,186 votes.

5. MANJULA GAVIT (IND) CONSTITUENCY: SAKRI

BJP rebel Manjula Gavit, who oppose as an independent, got the higher of the party’s official candidate Mohan Suryawanshi. Gavit is the former civil authority of Dhule Municipal Corporation.

6. MUKTA TILAK (BJP)CONSTITUENCY: KASBA PETH

Pune civil authority Mukta Tilak defeated Congress’ Arvind Shinde in her maiden try. She represents the family of subversive Lokmanya Tilak.

7. VARSHA GAIKWAD ( CONG )

CONSTITUENCY: DHARAVI

Gaikwad could be a three-time MLA and won for the fourth straight term. She is the daughter of senior Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad, who oppose the Lok Sabha elections in 2004.

8. Manda MHATRE (BJP) CONSTITUENCY: BELAPUR

Mhatre, who won the Belapur seat for the second time, was renominated despite resistance from native knife Sena leaders. She was within the NCP earlier and

had switched to the BJP in 2014.

9. MADHURI MISAL (BJP)CONSTITUENCY: Parvati

Misal won for the third time by thirty-six,737 votes, the highest margin within the town. The body contains an immense network of party staff that evidenced important for Misal, United Nations agency is observing cupboard berth.

10. YAMINI JADHAV (SHIV SENA)

CONSTITUENCY: BYCULLA

Jadhav created history by winning the Byculla seat— the primary for Sena. Jadhav, a commerce graduate and former corporate, is the partner of BMC standing committee chairman Yashwant Jadhav.

11. LATA SONAWANE (SHIV SENA) CONSTITUENCY: CHOPADA

Sonawane, a first-timer MLA, entered politics following the conviction of her husband, Sena MLA Chandrakant Sonawane, within the multi-crore Gharkool scam

in Jalgaon.

12. DEVYANI PHARANDE ( BJP )

CONSTITUENCY: NASHIK CENTRAL

Pharande is in-law these days N S Pharande, chairman of Maha legislature. Her husband, Suhas, could be a BJP office-bearer. Corporate, deputy civil authority and currently second-time MLA, Pharande has created inroads into the Nashik Central assembly section.

13. MONICA RAJALE (BJP) CONSTITUENCY: SHEVGAON

Rajale (47) has won Shevgaon seat in Ahmednagar for the second time. Monica was a married woman and it was her late husband, MLA Rajeev Rajale, who introduced her to politics.

14. YASHOMATI THAKUR (CONG)CONSTITUENCY: TEOSA

Thakur has survived to her bastion for third consecutive term despite anti-incumbency. A degree holder, she has been with the party since at the point of 20 years.

15.SHWETA MAHALE ( BJP) CONSTITUENCY: CHIKLI

For Mahale (36), this was nearly a David versus Goliath battle. alveolate against sitting Congress MLA Rahul Bondre, the firsttimer moon-faced a troublesome election. Mahale, who won by nearly seven,000 votes, is that the solely feminine winner from Vidarbha who fought on BJP-Sena platform.

16. NAMITA MUNDADA (BJP)CONSTITUENCY: KAIJ

Namita Mundada switched to BJP once her name was proclaimed because the NCP candidate from Kaij, the body her mother-in-law, Vimaltai Mundada, had

represented uninterrupted.

17. PRATIBHA DHANORKAR (CONG )CONSTITUENCY: WARORA

A first-timer, Dhanorkar managed to carry on to the seat vacated by husband Balu Dhanorkar. The latter, Sena MLA from Warora, joined Congress and fought Chandrapur LS seat.

18. MEGHANA BORDIKAR (BJP) CONSTITUENCY: JINTUR

Meghna Bordikar, a partner of IPS officer Deepak Sakore, wrested the Jintur seat in Parbhani district in an exceedingly shut contest with NCP’s Vijay Bhamble. The female offspring of Ramprasad Bordikar, a powerful politician from Jintur, Bordikar won the seat by a margin of three,717 votes.

19. Hindu deity TATKARE (NCP) CONSTITUENCY: SHRIVARDHANTatkare, the girl of NCP veteran Sunil Tatkare, had a victorious debut by defeating Sena candidate Vinod Ghosalkar by thirty-nine,621 votes. The seat was won in 2014 by alienated first cousin Avadhut.
20. PRANITI SHINDE (CONG) CONSTITUENCY: SOLAPUR CENTRAL

Former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s daughter Praniti had an in-depth contest however managed a hat-trick. A law graduate, Praniti grew up in metropolis and is an alum of St Xavier’s faculty. one in all the foremost vocal legislators, she takes up social service via NGOs.

21. GEETA faith (IND) CONSTITUENCY: MIRA-BHAYENDER

The BJP rebel candidate defeated the party’s sitting MLA Narendra Mehta by over fifteen,000 votes. She filed her nomination as an independent once being denied party price tag.

22. SAROJ AHIRE ( NCP ) CONSTITUENCY: DEOLALI (SC)

There emerged as a giant-killer by defeating Sena’s Gholaps who are nonappointive from the seat for thirty years. She polled double the votes as Yogesh Baban Gholap.

23. SULBHA KHODKE (CONG ) CONSTITUENCY: AMRAVATI

A new party evidenced lucky for Sulbha Khodke as she defeated sitting MLA from Amravati Sunil Deshmukh. Khodke’s initial term from 2004 to 2009 was in neighbour Badnera on an NCP price tag.

24. MANISHA CHOUDHARY (BJP) CONSTITUENCY: DAHISAR

Choudhary was initial nonappointive to the Vidhan Sabha in 2014 throughout the Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave. before her 2014 election, she was a BJP corporator from the world.

Maharashtra Government Formation Updates: महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा निवडणूकीच्या निकालानंतर आता राज्यात सत्ता स्थापनेसाठी चढाओढ सुरू झाली आहे. महराष्ट्रात मतदारांनी शिवसेना-भाजपाला कौल दिला असला तरीही शिवसेना अडीच वर्षांच्या मुख्यमंत्री पदासाठी आग्रही असल्याने आता भाजपा ही शिवसेनेची ऑफर स्विकारणार का? हे पहाणं उत्सुकतेचं ठरणार आहे. भाजपासोबत शिवसेनेची सत्ता समीकरणं न जुळल्यास आता इतर पक्षांसोबत त्यांची बोलणी सुरू असल्याची चर्चा आहे. त्यानुसार अपक्षांना आपल्याकडे खेचून सत्ता स्थापनेचा दावा केला जाऊ शकतो. मीडीया रिपोर्ट्सनुसार, 4 अपक्ष आमदारांनी शिवसेनेला जाहीर समर्थन देण्यात आलं आहे. यामध्ये आमदार बच्चू कडू, राजकुमार पटेल, नरेंद्र भोंडेकर, आशिष जयस्वाल यांचा समावेश आहे.

महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा निवडणूकीमध्ये शिवसेनेचे 56 आमदार निवडून आले आहेत. तर आता 4 अपक्ष आमदारांनी पाठिंबा दर्शवल्याने शिवसेना समर्थक आमदारांची संख्या 60 वर पोहचली आहे. प्रहार जनशक्ती पक्षाच्या 2 आमदारांनी शिवसेना पक्षप्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरे यांची शनिवारी (26 ऑक्टोबर) मातोश्रीवर भेट घेतली आहे. यामुळे आता भारतीय जनता पक्षाच्या गोटात टेंशन वाढल्याचं चित्र आहे. महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा सत्तेमध्ये समान वाट्यासाठी शिवसेना आमदार आक्रमक; अडीच वर्षांसाठी मुख्यमंत्री पदाची मागणी.

सर्वसामान्य नागरिक आदिवासी,शेतकरी, मजूर आणि दिव्यांग्यांच्या प्रश्नांवर प्रहार जनशक्ती आणि शिवसेनेची वैचारिक भूमिका सारखीच असल्याने त्यांनी शिवसेनाला पाठिंबा दर्शवला आहे.असं सांगण्यात आलं आहे. प्रहारचे संस्थापक आमदार बचू कडू हे अचलपूर येथील तर आमदार राजकुमार पटेल हे मेळघाट येथील विधानसभा मतदारसंघातून निवडून आले आहेत. त्यांनी त्यांच्या पाठिंब्याचे पत्र शिवसेना पक्ष प्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरेंना पाठवले आहे.

24 ऑक्टोबर दिवशी महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा निवडणूक निकाल जाहीर करण्यात आला. यामध्ये भाजपाला 105 आणि शिवसेनेला 56 जागांवर विजय मिळाला आहे. महाराष्ट्रात 145 ही मॅजिक फिगर गाठणारा पक्ष राज्यात सत्ता स्थापनेसाठी दावा करू शकतो.