Pune Bypoll Election Results 2023: Congress' Ravindra Dhangekar Wins In Kasba Peth By 11,000 Votes, BJP's Ashwini Jagtap Wins In Chinchwad

Pune Bypoll Election Results: While Congress has won Kasba Peth by 11,000 votes, BJP's Ashwini Jagtap is set to win the Chinchwad bypoll.

Pune Bypoll Election: The results for the high-stakes bypoll elections in Maharashtra's two key constituencies - Kasba Peth and Chinchwad were declared on Thursday (March 2). The two constituencies went to polls on February 26 with the main contest between the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance and Congress and NCP. The average voter turnout was reported to be around 50%. 

The results of the Kasba Peth and Chinchwad polls are likely to set the tone for the upcoming Mumbai civic elections and the Maharashtra assembly polls next year. This is the first election after the formation of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and BJP government in the state in place of the Uddhav Thackeray government. 

Kasba Peth's BJP MLA Mukta Tilak and Chinchwad's MLA Laxman Jagtap passed away triggering polls. The main contenders in Chinchwad are Ashwini Jagtap (BJP), Nana Kate (NCP), and Rahul Kalate (Independent). On the other hand, in Kasba, the contenders are Hemant Rasane (BJP), and Ravindra Dhangekar (MVA).

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02 March 2023

14:45 IST

Pune Bypoll Election Results: BJP workers begin pre-celebration for Aswini Jagtap's win in Chinchwad

BJP workers already began pouring congratulatory messages on social media for its Chinchwad candidate Ashwini Jagtap as she leads with a comfortable margin of 11,000 votes in the constituency.

चिंचवड पोटनिवडणुकीत अश्विनी ताई लक्ष्मण जगताप यांचा दणदणीत विजय !

समस्त चिंचवड वासियांचे आणि कार्यकर्त्यांचे मनःपूर्वक आभार…!
हीच खरी लक्ष्मण भाऊंना श्रद्धांजली#Chinchwad#AshwiniLaxmanJagtap pic.twitter.com/DCE9UJ8KuK

— Aniket Patil (@AnniketvPatil) March 2, 2023

14:01 IST

Pune Bypoll Election Results: BJP expecting to win in Chinchwad, leading by 10,000 votes

After losing in the Kasba Peth bypolls, the BJP is hoping to win in the Chinchwad constituency. The saffron party candidate Ashwini Jagtap, at the end of the 20th round of counting, has received around 71,000 votes. On the other hand, NCP's Nana Kate has gotten 61,549. He has been trailing behind Jagtap since the first few rounds of counting. Independent candidate Rahul Kalate who had shown a lot of promise has only received 23,255 votes in comparison to the two big contenders.