As the assembly election results were declared, the district saw two ministers in the state legislative assembly losing in their constituencies on Thursday. In the 21 constituencies in the district, nine candidates from BJP, two from Congress and from 10 from NCP were among the winners. The city saw a voter’s turnout of 57 per cent on Monday for the election in the 21 constituencies including eight city constituencies.

While the BJP lost Purandar and Bhor to Congress, the former’s two time MLA and Minister of State for Water Resources and Water Conservation Vijay Shivtare lost to Congress’s Sanjay Jagtap while in Maval constituency, Minister of State for Labour and Environment Sanjay alias Bala Bhegade lost against BJP’s rebel Sunil Shelke who contest on NCP’s ticket.