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Andheri bypoll: Sena wins, NOTA breaks all records
Updated On: 07 November, 2022 07:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Observers say Shiv Sena morale will be boosted for BMC polls, suspect BJP campaigned for NOTA to embarrass ex-ally
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Rutuja Latke with party president Uddhav Thackeray and party leader Aaditya Thackeray at Matoshree, after her victory at the Andheri East bypoll, on Sunday. Pic/Rane Ashish
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) won the Andheri East bypoll with its candidate Rutuja Latke securing 76.85 per cent vote share on Sunday. However, the election recorded the highest ever number of voters opting for NOTA across the country so far, at over 12,000 or 14.79 per cent votes. Political experts said, despite the huge number of NOTA votes, the victory will boost the morale of the Thackeray Sena, especially as this is the first election after the split in the party.
Rutuja Latke secured 66,530 votes, which is 76.85 per cent of the voters who exercised their franchise. The by-election saw only 31.70 per cent voter turnout. The seat was earlier held by her husband Ramesh Latke, whose demise necessitated the bypoll. Ramesh Latke had in 2019 secured 62,773 or 42.64 per cent votes and in 2014 he had won with 52,817 or 32.52 per cent votes. Before that, Congress’s Suresh Shetty had won from the seat in 2009 with 55,990 or 40.74 per cent votes.
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