Baramati Maharastra01 Winner
Counting of votes for the 2024 Assembly elections in Maharashtra will begin today. This time all 288 seats were voted in a single phase on November 20. This time an interesting competition can be seen in the Baramati seat. Here NCP chief Ajit Pawar is in the electoral fray for his party, while his rival Yugendra Pawar of the Sharad Pawar faction is in the fray. There is a possibility of a tough contest between the two, which could be an important turning point in state politics.
The Baramati Assembly seat is one of the most prominent in Maharashtra. Thanks to the Pawar family, the political history of this seat has been very rich and influential. The Baramati assembly seat has been dominated by the Congress and later the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) since 1962. The Pawar family has deep roots here and this area is the center of their political identity.
the equations changed
This time in the elections all the equations have changed. Shiv Sena, which once staunchly opposed the Congress, has split into two groups. Not only this, there has been a rift in the Pawar family, of which this seat is considered a stronghold. This means that Sharad Pawar’s party is now divided into two groups. One is the Sharad Pawar group and the other is the Ajit Pawar group. Ajit Pawar’s faction is part of Mahayuti while the other faction i.e. Sharad Pawar faction is part of Mahavikas Aghadi.
The power of Ajit Pawar
The reason for Ajit Pawar’s continued election victory in the Baramati seat is his strong influence and connection with the public. He has carried out numerous works for the development of irrigation, education, health and infrastructure in this region, making him a popular leader.
In the 2019 assembly elections, NCP’s Ajit Pawar defeated BJP’s Gopichand Padalkar by a huge margin in the Baramati seat. Ajit Pawar got 1,95,641 votes, while BJP’s Padalkar got only 30,376 votes. This makes it clear how strong the NCP’s influence and Ajit Pawar’s popularity is in Baramati. Also in the 2014 elections, Ajit Pawar defeated Prabhakar Dadaram Gawde of the BJP. It is clear from this that the influence of the NCP in the Baramati assembly seat has been almost unbreakable.
When Sharad Pawar increased his height
In 1991, Sharad Pawar expanded his politics and entered national politics, after which his nephew Ajit Pawar contested elections as a Congress candidate from this seat and won. After this, Ajit Pawar also won as a Congress candidate in 1995. In 1999, Sharad Pawar broke away from the Congress and founded the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Ajit Pawar contested and won the Baramati elections on an NCP ticket. . After this, Ajit Pawar has continuously won as NCP candidate in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019.
History of Baramati
In 1962, Congress candidate Maltibai Shirole won from this seat, but later in 1967, youth leader Sharad Pawar contested elections from here and won. After this, Sharad Pawar made Baramati the base of his politics and remained an MLA in this area for many years. Sharad Pawar won as a Congress candidate in 1967, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1985 and 1990. During his tenure, Sharad Pawar did many important works for the development of this area and won the trust of the public.
