MUMBAI: Fears of cross-voting in MLC polls for 11 seats, which had 12 candidates, came true Friday with seven Congress MLAs voting for Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP. Mahayuti Friday won all nine seats it contested in the legislative council elections, while Maha Vikas Aghadi lost one of three seats for which it had put up nominees.
All five candidates of BJP and two each of CM Eknath Shinde-led Sena and NCP emerged victorious, with Congress and Sena (UBT) getting one seat each.Peasants and Workers Party’s Jayant Patil, who was supported by NCP (SP) and MVA, lost.
The outcome is a setback to MVA ahead of assembly polls and shows both CM Shinde and Ajit Pawar succeeded in keeping their legislators intact when there was speculation over whether some of them would vote for other side. Significantly, Uddhav Thackeray’s trusted aide Milind Narvekar, who was expected to win in the first round, won at the end of third round.
The results are also seen as a victory for deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis who steered poll management for Mahayuti, which has got a boost after its poor performance in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha polls and the recent loss in the Mumbai graduates and teachers constituency elections.
Congress said it had identified seven of its legislators who voted in favour of NCP or Sena. Congress nominee Pradnya Satav won in first round as she polled 25 votes against the quota of 23 required for a win. However, according to a Congress neta, the party had earmarked 30 votes for her, which means five Congress legislators did not vote for her.
MPCC chief Nana Patole said he has submitted a report to AICC on the matter. “All traitors will be shown the door.”
BJP nominees Pankaja Munde, Parinay Fuke, Amit Gorkhe, Yogesh Tilekar and Sadabhau Khot were elected in the first round of polling itself.
All five candidates of BJP and two each of CM Eknath Shinde-led Sena and NCP emerged victorious, with Congress and Sena (UBT) getting one seat each.Peasants and Workers Party’s Jayant Patil, who was supported by NCP (SP) and MVA, lost.
The outcome is a setback to MVA ahead of assembly polls and shows both CM Shinde and Ajit Pawar succeeded in keeping their legislators intact when there was speculation over whether some of them would vote for other side. Significantly, Uddhav Thackeray’s trusted aide Milind Narvekar, who was expected to win in the first round, won at the end of third round.
The results are also seen as a victory for deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis who steered poll management for Mahayuti, which has got a boost after its poor performance in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha polls and the recent loss in the Mumbai graduates and teachers constituency elections.
Congress said it had identified seven of its legislators who voted in favour of NCP or Sena. Congress nominee Pradnya Satav won in first round as she polled 25 votes against the quota of 23 required for a win. However, according to a Congress neta, the party had earmarked 30 votes for her, which means five Congress legislators did not vote for her.
MPCC chief Nana Patole said he has submitted a report to AICC on the matter. “All traitors will be shown the door.”
BJP nominees Pankaja Munde, Parinay Fuke, Amit Gorkhe, Yogesh Tilekar and Sadabhau Khot were elected in the first round of polling itself.