5 BJP candidates secured victory within the Maharashtra Legislative Council election held on Monday.
BJP had fielded 5 candidates within the elections. (Photograph: Representational/PTI)
The BJP gained 5 seats within the Maharashtra Legislative Council election with Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Social gathering bagging two every.
BJP’s Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bhartiya and Pravin Darekar gained together with NCP leaders Eknath Khadse and Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar. Shiv Sena candidates Amshya Padvi and Sachin Ahir additionally secured wins.
In the meantime, Mumbai Congress chief Bhai Jagtap additionally gained the MLC polls, taking the MVA tally to 5.
The BJP had fielded 5 candidates whereas MVA fielded six candidates for 10 MLC seats. BJP managed to win large within the election regardless of being brief in numbers.
Reacting to the win, Devendra Fadnavis, Chief of Opposition in Maharashtra Meeting, stated, “We have now bought all 5 candidates elected. In Rajya Sabha, BJP bought 123 votes. Within the council elections we bought 134 votes. For our fifth candidate, we did not have the votes. However he bought extra votes than two Congress candidates.”
The BJP has 106 MLAs within the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting, whereas the remaining votes for its candidates have both come from impartial MLAs, or these from small events or from different events.
As per experiences, all of the candidates secured the minimal quota of 26 votes every to make it to the Higher Home of the state legislature.