Sena vs Sena fight: Shinde's party defeats Thackeray's outfit in 36 seats

The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has trounced rival Shiv Sena UBT of Uddhav Thackeray in 36 assembly seats in Maharashtra putting to rest the debate over which is the real party founded by late Bal ThackerayShindes Sena a constituent of the ruling Mahayuti alliance won 57 of the 81 seats it contested in the state polls the Maharashtra elections 2024 results of which were announced on SaturdayThe Sena UBT a partner in the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA managed to bag only 20 despite fielding 95 candidates In 14 seats it defeated Shiv Sena candidatesIn one of his biggest political gambles Shinde rebelled against Uddhav Thackerays leadership in June 2022 and aligned with the BJP along with his backers to become the chief minister The move split the Sena led to the collapse of the Thackerayled MVA government and sparked almost daily bickerings between the two factionsSubsequently Shinde got the party name and its bowandarrow symbol from the Election CommissionShinde had retained most of the sitting MLAs who chose to be with him when he led the rebellion two years ago They delivered for him on Saturday when votes for the state polls were countedMinister Abdul Sattar defeated Suresh Bankar in Sillod Pradeep Jaiswal who fought against Balasaheb Thorat was the winner in Aurangabad CentralSanjay Shirsat beat Raju Shinde in Aurangabad West seat while Vilas Bhumre came on top in his fight against Dattatrey Gorde in PaithanChandrakant Sonawane who replaced his wife and sitting MLA Lata Sonawane defeated Prabhakar Sonawane of Sena UBT in ChopdaSanjana Jadhav trounced Udaysing Rajput in Kannad while Sanjay Bangar emerged victorious against Santosh Tarfe in KalamnuriGanesh Dhatrak was bested by Suhas Kande in Nandgaon Dada Bhuse defeated Prashant Hiray in Malegaon outerIn the tribaldominated Palghar constituency Rajendra Gavit beat Jayendra DublaIn Bhiwandi rural of Thane district where CM Shinde holds sway Shantaram More of his party defeated Uddhavs man Mahadev GhatalVishwas Bhoir vanquished Sachin Basare in Kalyan West while Pratap Sarnaik defeated Naresh Manera in Ovla Majiwada in Thane cityShinde himself registered a massive victory in his KopriPachpakhadi seat defeating Kedar Dighe by a margin of 12 lakh votesPrakash Surve trounced Udesh Patekar In Magathane while Ashok Patil vanquished Ramesh Korgaonkar in Bhandup WestMurji Patel who had earlier lost to Rutuja Latke in Andheri East bounced back as the winner Tukaram Kate defeated Prakash Phaterpekar in Chembur Both Latke and Phatarpekar were sitting MLAs who had stayed with UddhavBharat Gogawale got more votes than Snehal Jagtap to bag the Mahad seat while Shambhuraj Desai trounced Bhanupratap Kadam in PatanIn coastal Dapoli Yogesh Kadam defeated Sanjay KadamMinister Uday Samant won against Bal Mane in Ratnagiri while Kiran Samant beat sitting MLA Rajan Salvi in RajapurNilesh Rane who switched from BJP to Shiv Sena before the polls defeated sitting MLA Vaibhav Naik in Kudal In Sawantwadi near Goa Deepak Kesarkar got the best of Rajan Teli Prakash Abitkar defeated KP Patil in RadhanagariThe Sena UBT won against the Shiv Sena in 14 seatsIn Mehkar Rambhau Kharat defeated Shiv Senas Sanjay Bhaskar Raymulkar while Nitin Bhikanrao Deshmukh was the winner in Balapur Shiv Senas Bhagwan Siraskar came thirdSunil Raut defeated Suvarna Karanje in Vikhroli and his Sena UBT colleague Anant Nar was the winner in Jogeshwari West after a faceoff with Manisha WaikarSunil Prabhu defeated Sanjay Nirupam in Dindoshi Mahesh Sawant beat Sada Sarvankar in MahimUddhav Thackerays son and former state minister Aaditya Thackeray retained his Worli seat by defeating Milind Deora who recently joined the Shiv Sena from CongressManoj Jamsutkar defeated Yamini Jadhav in BycullaThe vote share of the Sena UBT was 996 per cent compared to Shiv Senas 1238 per centThe BJPled Mahayuti alliance on Saturday retained power in Maharashtra pocketing a whopping 230 of the 288 assembly seats as the Congressled Maha Vikas Aghadis dream of wresting power fizzled with the opposition combine managing to garner just 46 seatsThe Election Commission announced that the BJP has won 132 seats the Shiv Sena won 57 while the NCP got 41 seatsIn the MVA the Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar candidates won 10 seats Congress won 16 while Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray won 20 seatsWith inputs from Agencies