Via PTI
MUMBAI: Two applicants each and every of the ruling coalition allies NCP and the Shiv Sena and 4 nominees of the opposition BJP on Monday nigh gained elections to the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC), mentioned an respectable.
The entire 8 applicants secured the minimal quota of 26 votes each and every to make it to the Higher Area of the state legislature, mentioned the respectable.
Chairman of Legislative Council and NCP candidate Ramraje Nimbalkar, Chief of Opposition within the Higher Area Pravin Darekar of the BJP and previous BJP minister and now NCP nominee Eknath Khadse simply bagged enough selection of first desire votes to publish wins.
The general vote tally shall be introduced when the entire rounds of counting is over, the respectable mentioned.
Each the applicants of the Shiv Sena — Sachin Ahir and Aamshya Padavi – additionally gained the election, whilst the 2 nominees of the Congress, which is a part of the ruling coalition MVA, did not protected the minimal quota of the primary desire vote.
The BJP had fielded 5 applicants – Darekar, Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre, Shrikant Bharatiya and Prasad Lad – of which the primary 4 have already bagged the minimal quota of votes required to win the ballot.
BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar mentioned, “Darekar secured 29 votes of first desire, whilst Ram Shinde and Bharatiya secured 30 votes of first desire each and every. It manner, our extra votes of best 3 applicants at the record shall be transferred to our 5th candidate Prasad Lad.”
“If you happen to rely the entire votes of first desire to the BJP applicants, we now have gained 133 votes. It manner, we now have gained extra votes than we secured within the Rajya Sabha elections (hung on June 10),” he mentioned. The BJP has 106 MLAs within the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting, whilst last votes for its applicants have both come from impartial MLAs, or the ones from small events or from different events.
Balloting for the elections to ten vacant MLC seats used to be held between 9 am and four pm on the Legislature Advanced in south Mumbai. In all, 11 applicants – 5 of the BJP and two each and every of the Sena, the NCP and the Congress have been within the fray.
The counting of votes started after a two-hour extend at round 7 pm.