Maharashtra Assembly bypolls: 41.1 per cent voting recorded in Chinchwad, 45.25 per cent in Kasba
By PTI
PUNE: A voter turnout of 41.1 per cent was recorded until 5 pm on Sunday in Chinchwad Assembly seat and 45.25 per cent in Kasba Assembly seat in Maharashtra, with a number of of these standing within the voting queue talking about higher roads, correct waste administration and enough water provide being the problems they need addressed.
According to political analysts, the outcomes of those bypolls, which noticed a high-voltage marketing campaign by senior leaders from numerous events, will set the tone for the forthcoming elections within the state, together with of the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and different civic our bodies.
The bypolls in Kasba and Chinchwad had been necessitated because of the dying of their respective Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs Mukta Tilak and Laxman Jagtap.
In the Kasba Assembly seat in Pune metropolis, there’s a contest between BJP’s Hemant Rasane and Congress’s Ravindra Dhangekar, who’s supported by the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).
In Chinchwad, an industrial township close to Pune metropolis, the competition is between Ashwini Jagtap of the BJP and Nana Kate of the NCP.
Rival candidates in each the seats have expressed confidence of rising victorious.
As voting started at 7 am on Sunday, district election authorities in Chinchwad welcomed early voters by laying ‘rangoli’ (vibrant patterns) and providing roses.
In the Kasba constituency additionally voters had been seen queuing as much as train their franchise.
Adequate safety preparations had been made in each the constituencies in view of the polling, authorities mentioned. “Necessary arrangements have been made at all the polling stations and I appeal to all the voters to come out and exercise their franchise without any fear,” mentioned Sachin Dhole, the election officer for Chinchwad constituency.
There are 510 polling centres and 5,68,954 registered voters in Chinchwad and 215 polling centres and a pair of,75,428 registered voters in Kasba constituency.
There was a “minor clash” between supporters of Shiv Sena (UBT) insurgent candidate Rahul Kalate and the BJP exterior a polling station in Chinchwad and police intervened to convey the state of affairs underneath management, Pimpri Chinchwad’s Deputy Commissioner of Police Kakasaheb Dole mentioned.
“We expect basic facilities should improve in our area. Whoever wins must work to repair roads and solve water woes. The summer is still some time away and we already are facing water crunch,” a girl voter mentioned in Kasba.
Another voter mentioned it was necessary an individual with “good character” is elected in order that he’ll take heed to the woes of the individuals with empathy.
Amruta Deokar, who had arrived from United Kingdom mentioned it was a nice coincident the polls on the day of her arrival right here. “I decided I must not lose the opportunity to vote. Issues like water are getting resolved slowly in the peth areas but whoever wins must try to mitigate other problems,” she mentioned.
With Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the BJP coming to energy after the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA govermment in June final yr, the bypolls in Chinchwad and Kasba seats have turn into a status concern for each the edges.
“Whatever is the result of these two bypolls, it is not going to affect the stability of the present government, but the bypolls are very important politically for the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the BJP, as well as the MVA,” political analyst Abhay Deshpande advised PTI.
He mentioned the MVA obtained success within the lately held state Legislative Council elections and if it achieves an analogous success in these bypolls, it would get an enormous push. “If the BJP wins both the seats, it will be a shot in the arm for it and a setback for the MVA,” he added.
Deshpande claimed the normal Congress-NCP votes are getting transferred to the Shiv Sena (UBT) as a result of they’re taking up the BJP. “But it has not been proved whether the traditional Shiv Sena votes are getting transferred to the NCP and Congress. Though the right-winger voters seem to be with Thackeray even after the split, these byelections will prove as a litmus test whether those voters will vote for the NCP and Congress,” he opined.
As the 2 bypolls have turn into a problem of status for the MVA in addition to the ruling BJP-Shinde’s Shiv Sena, large leaders like NCP president Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis campaigned for his or her respective candidates, he mentioned.
“Both the sides feel these two bypolls are an opportunity to set the tone for the forthcoming civic and other elections, including of the Mumbai civic body,” the analyst mentioned.
He additionally claimed there are some “fence-sitters” who’re disturbed on the Election Commission’s determination to allot the ‘Shiv Sena’ identify and ‘bow and arrow’ image to the faction led by CM Shinde, and thru this bypoll, they’re hoping that the “battle is not over yet”.
Senior NCP chief Ajit Pawar, state Congress president Nana Patole and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aaditya Thackeray had been amongst those that campaigned for the Kasba and Chinchwad Assembly bypolls.
Counting will happen on March 2.
PUNE: A voter turnout of 41.1 per cent was recorded until 5 pm on Sunday in Chinchwad Assembly seat and 45.25 per cent in Kasba Assembly seat in Maharashtra, with a number of of these standing within the voting queue talking about higher roads, correct waste administration and enough water provide being the problems they need addressed.
According to political analysts, the outcomes of those bypolls, which noticed a high-voltage marketing campaign by senior leaders from numerous events, will set the tone for the forthcoming elections within the state, together with of the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and different civic our bodies.
The bypolls in Kasba and Chinchwad had been necessitated because of the dying of their respective Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs Mukta Tilak and Laxman Jagtap.
In the Kasba Assembly seat in Pune metropolis, there’s a contest between BJP’s Hemant Rasane and Congress’s Ravindra Dhangekar, who’s supported by the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).
In Chinchwad, an industrial township close to Pune metropolis, the competition is between Ashwini Jagtap of the BJP and Nana Kate of the NCP.
Rival candidates in each the seats have expressed confidence of rising victorious.
As voting started at 7 am on Sunday, district election authorities in Chinchwad welcomed early voters by laying ‘rangoli’ (vibrant patterns) and providing roses.
In the Kasba constituency additionally voters had been seen queuing as much as train their franchise.
Adequate safety preparations had been made in each the constituencies in view of the polling, authorities mentioned. “Necessary arrangements have been made at all the polling stations and I appeal to all the voters to come out and exercise their franchise without any fear,” mentioned Sachin Dhole, the election officer for Chinchwad constituency.
There are 510 polling centres and 5,68,954 registered voters in Chinchwad and 215 polling centres and a pair of,75,428 registered voters in Kasba constituency.
There was a “minor clash” between supporters of Shiv Sena (UBT) insurgent candidate Rahul Kalate and the BJP exterior a polling station in Chinchwad and police intervened to convey the state of affairs underneath management, Pimpri Chinchwad’s Deputy Commissioner of Police Kakasaheb Dole mentioned.
“We expect basic facilities should improve in our area. Whoever wins must work to repair roads and solve water woes. The summer is still some time away and we already are facing water crunch,” a girl voter mentioned in Kasba.
Another voter mentioned it was necessary an individual with “good character” is elected in order that he’ll take heed to the woes of the individuals with empathy.
Amruta Deokar, who had arrived from United Kingdom mentioned it was a nice coincident the polls on the day of her arrival right here. “I decided I must not lose the opportunity to vote. Issues like water are getting resolved slowly in the peth areas but whoever wins must try to mitigate other problems,” she mentioned.
With Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the BJP coming to energy after the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA govermment in June final yr, the bypolls in Chinchwad and Kasba seats have turn into a status concern for each the edges.
“Whatever is the result of these two bypolls, it is not going to affect the stability of the present government, but the bypolls are very important politically for the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the BJP, as well as the MVA,” political analyst Abhay Deshpande advised PTI.
He mentioned the MVA obtained success within the lately held state Legislative Council elections and if it achieves an analogous success in these bypolls, it would get an enormous push. “If the BJP wins both the seats, it will be a shot in the arm for it and a setback for the MVA,” he added.
Deshpande claimed the normal Congress-NCP votes are getting transferred to the Shiv Sena (UBT) as a result of they’re taking up the BJP. “But it has not been proved whether the traditional Shiv Sena votes are getting transferred to the NCP and Congress. Though the right-winger voters seem to be with Thackeray even after the split, these byelections will prove as a litmus test whether those voters will vote for the NCP and Congress,” he opined.
As the 2 bypolls have turn into a problem of status for the MVA in addition to the ruling BJP-Shinde’s Shiv Sena, large leaders like NCP president Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis campaigned for his or her respective candidates, he mentioned.
“Both the sides feel these two bypolls are an opportunity to set the tone for the forthcoming civic and other elections, including of the Mumbai civic body,” the analyst mentioned.
He additionally claimed there are some “fence-sitters” who’re disturbed on the Election Commission’s determination to allot the ‘Shiv Sena’ identify and ‘bow and arrow’ image to the faction led by CM Shinde, and thru this bypoll, they’re hoping that the “battle is not over yet”.
Senior NCP chief Ajit Pawar, state Congress president Nana Patole and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aaditya Thackeray had been amongst those that campaigned for the Kasba and Chinchwad Assembly bypolls.
Counting will happen on March 2.
