NCP vs NCP battle: Ajit Pawar's outfit beats rival faction in 29 seats

The Ajit Pawarled NCP has defeated the NCP SP headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar in 29 seats in the contest between the two rival factions in the Maharashtra elections 2024 reported news agency PTIThe NCP Sharadchandra Pawar came out winner in six constituencies as per the results announced on SaturdayThe Nationalist Congress Party of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti won 41 of the 59 seats it contested as per the Election Commissions figuresThe NCP SP led by his uncle had to be content with only ten victories though it fielded 86 candidates reported PTIThe NCP founded by Sharad Pawar split last year after Ajit Pawar walked away with 41 MLAs and aligned with the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena and BJP to become part of the Mahayuti government triggering an acrimonious intrafamily rivalryAjit Pawar faced a big setback in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls when his cousin and Sharad Pawars daughter Supriya Sule defeated his wife Sunetra Pawar on their home turf BaramatiOn Saturday Ajit Pawar defeated his nephew Yugendra Pawar endorsed by 83yearold Sharad Pawar by a margin of over 1 lakh votes inflicting on the veteran leader the firstever defeat in this family bastionThe 29 seats that the NCP bagged in a direct fight with the NCP SP candidates included Sindhkhed Raja where Manoj Kayande defeated sitting MLA Rajendra Shingane who had earlier sided with Ajit Pawar but subsequently returned to his parent partyAheri saw another intrafamily battle with Dharmarao Atram of the NCP defeating his daughter Bhagyashree of NCP SPIndranil Naik beat Sharad Maind of NCP SP in Pusad while Chandrakant Navghare came in top in the faceoff against Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar of NCP SP in BasmathProminent OBC leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal defeated Manikrao Shinde of NCP SP in Yeola In Sinnar Manikrao Kokate won against Uday Sangale of NCP SPMaharashtra assembly deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal of NCP retained his Dindori seat registering a triumph over Sunita CharoskarDaulat Daroda beat Pandurang Barora in Shahapur while former minister Nawab Maliks daughter Sana Malik won against NCPSP nominee Fahad Ahmad who is also the husband of actor Swara Bhasker in Mumbais Anushaktinagar in a highdecibel contestAnil Navgane of NCP SP was bested by minister Aditi Tatkare in the coastal Srivardhan In Ambegaon her cabinet colleague Dilip Walse Patil defeated Devdutt NikamShirur constituency saw Dnyaneshwar Katke winning the fight against Ashok Pawar of NCP SPAnna Bandsode trounced Sulakshana Dhar of NCP SP in Pimpri while Kiran Lahamate defeated Amit Bhangare of NCP SP in AkoleIn Kopargaon Ashutosh Kale beat Sandeep Varpe of NCP SPSangram Jagtap defeated Abhishek Kalamkar of NCP SP in Ahmednagar City In Majalgaon Prakash Solanke marched to victory leaving behind Mohan Jagtap of NCP SPMinister Dhananjay Munde took a whopping lead of 14 lakh votes over Rajesaheb Deshmukh to emerge as the winner in Parli of Beed district in the Marathwada regionBabasaheb Patil defeated Vinayak Jadhav Patil of NCP SP in Ahmedpur while Sanjay Bandsode scored over Sudhakar Bhalerao of NCP SP in UdgirIn Phaltan Deepak Chavan of NCP SP was bested by Sachin Patil His party colleague Makrand Patil defeated Aruna Pisal of NCP SP in Wai Shekar Nikam won the faceoff against Prashant Yadav of NCP SP in ChiplunMinister Hasan Mushrif registered victory in Kagal by trouncing Samarjit Ghatge Kashinath Date beat Rani Lanke of NCP SP in Parner and Raju Karemore defeated Charan Waghmare of NCP SP in TumsarIn Indapur Datta Bharne won against Harshvardhan Patil who had crossed over from the BJP to NCP SP before the November 20 pollsNotably Sharad Pawars party polled 1128 per cent of all votes The figure for the NCP stood at 901 per centReferring to the rivals as traitors Sharad Pawar had asked voters to defeat them decisively The results show voters ignored the appealThe NCP SP candidates who defeated their NCP rivals included Jitendra Awhad who won against Najeeb Mulla in Mumbra KalwaBapusaheb Pathare defeated Sunil Tingre in Vadgaon SheriSandeep Kshirsagar defeated Yogesh Kshirsagar in BeedAbhijit Patil won in Madha leaving Minal Sathe of the NCP in the third positionRaju Khare defeated Yashwant Mane in Mohol while state NCP SP chief Jayant Patil defeated Nishikant Patil in IslampurRohit Patil defeated Sanjay Kaka Patil in Tasgaon KavatheMahankalWith inputs from PTI