Mumbai: Candidate of ruling NCP, Kiran
Pawaskar won the by-election to the Maharashtra Legislative
Council from the MLAs quota, held on Monday.
Pawaskar, former Sena MLC, polled 182 votes, while his
rival Rahul Narvekar of the Shiv Sena secured 90 votes.
The election was necessitated due to the resignation of
Pawaskar as Sena MLC last month. He later joined the NCP.
The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
abstained from the by-election in which 274 of the total 289
members of the Legislative Assembly voted.
Apart from the 13 members of the MNS, CPI(M) MLA Rajaram
Onzre and Shivajirao Kardile of BJP did not turn up for
voting. There was a death in Kardile`s family, sources said.
The winning candidate needed to get 145 votes in the
House of 289, which includes Governor`s nominee, Anglo-Indian
member Bertrand Muller.
Congress has 82 MLAs and there are 62 of the NCP. The
ruling coalition has the support of 24 independents and other
smaller parties. Sena has 45 MLAs and ally BJP has 46.
PTI
