Shinde guards his territory with huge margin win in Thane-Kalyan

Chief minister Eknath Shinde guarded his bastion of Thane and Kalyan with a huge victory The Kalyan seat was contested by his son Shrikant Shinde who was sitting MP from the area The Thane constituency was won by Naresh Mhaske who registered victory with a huge vote margin over twotime MP Rajan Vichare BJP retained the Palghar seat while NCP in a threeway battle took GovandiKalyanShrikant Shinde a twotime MP for the constituency defeated Sena UBT candidate VaishaliDarekar a twotime corporator of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation Shrikant Shinde registered a big win over Darekar with a huge margin of over 35 lakh votes Illustration Uday MohiteSince the formation of the constituency in 2009 Shiv Sena has won it In 2019 Shinde defeated NCP candidate Babaji Patil with 344 lakh votes In 2014 Shinde defeated former MP Anand Paranjpe from the NCPThaneIt was a direct contest between Shinde and Thackerayrsquos Sena where twotime sitting MP Rajan Vichare was contesting against Shinde Senarsquos Naresh Mhaske Initially BJP opposed the candidacy of Mhaske but he gained a good margin over Vichare All six Vidhan Sabha constituencies have MLAs from BJP and Sena including CM ShindeOnce Thane was considered as a stronghold of Matoshree But after the split in the party CM Shinde held the reigns of the constituency Naresh Mhaske is known as the blueeyed boy of Eknath ShindeRajan Vichare won the seat in 2014 and 2019 Vichare gained 740 lakh votes in the 2019 election where he defeated NCPs Anand Paranjpe by 412 lakh votes In 2014 Vichare defeated Sanjeev Naik a former MP of the NCP Vichare got 595 lakh votes and Naik got 314 lakh votesPalgharPalghar was part of the Mumbai North Constituency before 2009 The district was formed in 2014 after being separated from Thane district It includes Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation Bahujan Vikas Aghadi holds command over the constituency In 2009 Bahujan Vikas Aghadis candidate BaliramJadhavv was elected as the first MP of the constituency In 2014 Chintaman Vanaga of BJP defeated Baliram JadhavShiv Sena UBT candidate Bharati Kamadi lost her first Palghar Municipal Council election in 1999 later she was elected twice as the member of Zilla Parishad of Palghar Dr Hemant Savara is the son of the former minister Vishnu Savara He first contested Vidhan Sabha election from Vikramgad constituency Sunil Bhusara defeated him in the 2019 Vidhan Sabha electionBhiwandiNCP SP registered its first and only win in MMR in Bhiwandi in a threeway contest Balya Mama allies Suresh Mhatre won with 485 lakh votes after defeating Kapil Patil of BJP who got 415 lakh votes with a margin of just 70000 votes Nilesh Sambre who contested as an independent contestant gathered 223 lakh votesKapil Patil of the BJP is a twotime MP of the constituency Suresh Mhatre repeatedly changed political parties He started his political career with Shiv Sena He was elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2009 election on a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS ticket Later he joined NCP After the Shiv Sena split Mhatre joined the Shindeled Shiv Sena But then again joined NCPSP3No of seats won by MahayutiOverall victory marginKalyanShrikant ShindeShiv Sena mdash 587829Vaishali DarekarSena UBT mdash 363957Margin 223 lakhThaneNaresh MhaskeShiv Sena mdash 732109Rajan VichareSena UBT mdash 217096Leading margin 217096PalgharDr Hemant SavaraBJP mdash 601244Bharti KamdiSena UBT mdash 417938Margin 183306BhiwandiBalya Mama Shuresh Mhatre NCP mdash 485419 Kapil Patil BJPmdash 415265Nilesh SambareIndependentmdash 222910 Margin 70154