Lok Sabha elections 2024: 100 per cent confident about winning, says Raosaheb Patil Danve as he casts vote in Maharashtra's Jalna

13 May,2024 11:46 AM IST |  Jalna  |  mid-day online correspondent

Danve is the sitting MP from this seat; INDIA alliance has fielded Congress leader Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale from this seat

Raosaheb Patil Danve. File Photo


Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate from Maharashtra's Jalna Lok Sabha seat Raosaheb Patil Danve cast his vote at the polling booth in Jalna, reported news agency ANI.

Exuding confidence, Raosaheb Patil Danve said, "I am 100 per cent confident about winning. This is not my first election. I have contested 8 elections and won them," reported ANI.

Elaborating further, he said, "This time I will win with 4 lakh votes and we will get 45 seats in Maharashtra and in the country, we will cross 400 seats..."

Notably, Danve is the sitting MP from this seat. INDIA alliance has fielded Congress leader Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale from this seat.

Voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in 96 Parliamentary Constituencies across nine states and one Union Territory got underway on Monday at 7:00 am.

Polling for all 175 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh and 28 seats of the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha also started simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra Pradesh, 17 from Telangana, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, five from Bihar, four each from Jharkhand and Odisha, and one from Jammu and Kashmir.

According to the poll body, a total of 4,264 nominations were filed for 96 parliamentary constituencies across.

Of the 96 Lok Sabha seats, 25 are from Andhra Pradesh, 17 from Telangana, 13 from Uttar Pradesh, 11 from Maharashtra, eight each from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, five from Bihar, four each from Jharkhand and Odisha and one from Jammu and Kashmir.

The fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 is witnessing key contests in various constituencies. Leaders such as AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TMC leader Mahua Moitra, BJP leader Giriraj Singh, JDU's Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), TMC leaders Shatrughan Sinha and Yusuf Pathan. BJP leaders Arjun Munda and Madhavi Latha, and Andhra Pradesh Congress Chief YS Sharmila are also looking for electoral success.

So far, till phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, polling has concluded smoothly and peacefully in 283 Lok Sabha seats.

(With inputs from ANI)

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