The first trend of Baramati by-election has come to light. In the first trend, NCP Ajit faction’s candidate and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar is leading. Here Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar along with Karuna Munde Sharma and Abhijeet Bichkule are in the fray as main candidates.
A total of 23 candidates including Sunetra Pawar are in the fray in the Baramati by-election. Counting has started on this seat from 8 am on Monday (May 4). The counting of votes is being conducted amidst tight security arrangements by the administration.
342 polling stations were set up for the elections. Tight security arrangements have been deployed at the counting centers and the entire process is being monitored through CCTV. Besides, separate arrangements have also been made for the representatives of the candidates.
This is the percentage of voting
The voting percentage in Baramati seat of Maharashtra was relatively low this time and about 58% voting took place, in which about 2.23 lakh voters exercised their franchise. Counting of votes has started on May 4 at 8 am. For this, 20 tables have been installed for counting of EVMs, 2 tables for postal ballot and 3 tables for ETPBS (Electronic Transmitted Postal Ballot System). The counting process will take place on a total of 25 tables.
Congress candidate had withdrawn his resignation
Maharashtra Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal announced that Congress will withdraw its candidate in this by-election. The party had earlier fielded Akash More as its candidate from this seat, who was in the fray against Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar. This decision came at a time when the process of withdrawal of nominations was in the final stages and there was constant political turmoil regarding the elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar had personally made the same appeal to Sapkal. It is noteworthy that Congress wanted that Ajit Pawar An FIR should be registered to investigate the plane crash and the investigation should be conducted seriously. Therefore, Congress had also made Akash More a candidate against Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati by-election, but later Congress decided to withdraw its candidate.