Sharad Pawar, Yugendra Pawar and Ajit Pawar.
In the electoral battle in Maharashtra, Congress, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav and Prakash Ambedkar’s party have also been defeated, but the most talked about defeat is that of Sharad Pawar. Father Pawar, who is participating in the last elections of his life, lost to his nephew Ajit on those fronts in which he was considered the strongest.
Sharad Pawar’s defeat is also shocking because he got more votes than his nephew Ajit in the entire election, but fewer seats. This has not happened between Shinde and Uddhav or between the Congress and the BJP.
He got more votes but fewer seats.
According to the Election Commission data, Sharad Pawar’s NCP got 11.28 per cent of the votes, while Ajit Pawar’s NCP got only 9 per cent of the votes, but the difference in seats won by both It’s quite big. In numerical terms, more than 72 lakh voters in Maharashtra voted in favor of Sharad Pawar’s party.
At the same time, around 58 lakh voters have cast their votes in favor of Ajit. Despite this, Ajit’s party won 41 seats, while Sharad’s party only won 10 seats.
Sharad Pawar’s party had fielded candidates for 88 seats. While Ajit had fielded candidates for 59 seats as per the agreement and around 10 seats as per the friendly fight.
In 2019, Sharad Pawar’s NCP got a total of 17 per cent of the votes. In these elections, Sharad Pawar’s NCP won 54 seats. Pawar himself tried to recover this figure, but failed.
Lost in Muslim dominated areas
Ajit Pawar was in alliance with BJP this time. In such a situation, it was said that Sharad Pawar’s party can easily win the Muslim dominated seats, but Pawar lost to Ajit here too.
Only Ajit’s candidate has won in Muslim-dominated Anushaktinagar and Kagal. In Anushaktinagar, Nawab Malik’s daughter Sana defeated Sharad Pawar’s candidate Fahad Ahmed. Fahad has lost here by about 3,300 votes.
Minister Hasan Musrif won the Kagal seat. Musrif has defeated Sharad Pawar’s candidate Samarjit Ghatge here. Interestingly, Shiv Sena (UBT) and SP have defeated Ajit in the Muslim-dominated seat.
Shiv Sena’s Varun Sardesai (Uddhav) defeated Ajit’s candidate Zeeshan Siddiqui in the Bandra East seat. Similarly, SP’s Abu Azmi has once again become an MLA by defeating Nawab Malik from the Mankhurd seat.
Big surprise compared to Lok Sabha
Sharad Pawar’s party had bagged 38 assembly seats in the Lok Sabha elections, but this time the party has been reduced to 10. During the Lok Sabha elections in Baramati, Sharad Pawar’s stronghold, Supriya Sule had gained an advantage of around 40,000 votes, but this time Ajit won by more than 1 lakh votes.
Similarly, it has been seen in Shirur, Parli and Yeola seats. Ajit’s veterans were contesting these seats. Sharad’s party had taken the lead in the Lok Sabha from here, but Ajit played the game in the Assembly.
Ajit Vs Sharad in 42 seats
In Maharashtra’s Dangal, there was a direct contest between Ajit and Sharad for 42 assembly seats. According to the Election Commission, out of these 42 seats, Sharad Pawar won 7 seats and Ajit’s party won the remaining seats.
7 seats that Sharad Pawar has won. They include seats like Islampur, Beed and Tasgaon. While Ajit has won big seats like Baramati, Yeola, Dindori and Ambegaon.
In the assembly elections, Ajit’s party fielded around 60 candidates and Sharad Pawar’s party fielded 90 candidates.
What is the bottom line for Maharashtra?
According to the Election Commission, the BJP has emerged as the largest party. The BJP has won 132 seats. Shiv Sena (Shinde) won 57 seats and NCP-Ajit won 41 seats. Uddhav Thackeray’s party won 20 seats. Congress won 16 seats and Sharad Pawar’s party won 10 seats.
Others have won 10 seats. These include 2 SP seats and 2 Jansuraj Shakti seats. This time in Maharashtra, two independents also managed to win.
