BJP wins 4 seats, Shiv Sena and NCP bag 2 each in Maharashtra legislative council polls
India Today
Four BJP candidates secured victory in the Maharashtra Legislative Council election held on Monday.
The BJP won four seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council election with Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party bagging two each.
BJP's Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bhartiya and Pravin Darekar won along with NCP leaders Eknath Khadse and Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar. Shiv Sena candidates Amshya Padvi and Sachin Ahir also secured wins.
The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) could not manage to get its sixth candidate elected. BJP managed to win big in the election despite being short in numbers.
The BJP had fielded five candidates while MVA fielded six candidates for 10 MLC seats. Both Congress candidates lost the elections, including the Mumbai Congress chief Bhai Jagtap.
The BJP has 106 MLAs in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, while the remaining votes for its candidates have either come from independent MLAs, or those from small parties or from other parties.
All the eight candidates secured the minimum quota of 26 votes each to make it to the Upper House of the state legislature.
