Maharashtra: Two candidates each of Shiv Sena, NCP, and 4 of BJP win MLC polls

Two candidates each of the ruling coalition allies NCP and the Shiv Sena and four nominees of the opposition BJP on Monday nigh won elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council MLC said an officialAll the eight candidates secured the minimum quota of 26 votes each to make it to the Upper House of the state legislature said the officialChairman of Legislative Council and NCP candidate Ramraje Nimbalkar Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Pravin Darekar of the BJP and former BJP minister and now NCP nominee Eknath Khadse easily bagged a sufficient number of first preference votes to post winsThe final vote tally will be announced when all the rounds of counting is over the official saidAlso Read MLC polls SC declines temporary release of jailed NCP MLAs to cast votes in MaharashtraBoth the candidates of the Shiv Sena Sachin Ahir and Aamshya Padavi also won the election while the two nominees of the Congress which is part of the ruling coalition MVA failed to secure the minimum quota of the first preference voteThe BJP had fielded five candidates Darekar Ram Shinde Uma Khapre Shrikant Bharatiya and Prasad Lad of which the first four have already bagged the minimum quota of votes required to win the pollAtul Bhatkhalkar an MLA of the BJP said Darekar secured 29 votes of first preference while Ram Shinde and Bharatiya secured 30 votes of first preference each It means our excess votes of top three candidates on the list will be transferred to our fifth candidate Prasad LadIf you count all the votes of first preference to the BJP candidates we have won 133 votes It means we have won more votes than we secured in the Rajya Sabha elections held on June 10 he saidThe BJP has 106 MLAs in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly while remaining votes for its candidates have either come from independent MLAs or those from small parties or from other partiesVoting for the elections to 10 vacant MLC seats was held between 9 am and 4 pm at the Legislature Complex in south Mumbai In all 11 candidates five of the BJP and two each of the Sena the NCP and the Congress were in the frayThe counting of votes began after a twohour delay at around 7 pmThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever