Ten of the 12 candidates who were in the fray for 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council were elected in the first round itself by completing the quota of votes. They received the required first preference votes for getting elected. The NDA won all nine seats it had contested.
For the 11th seat Shiv Sena (UBT) supported Milind Narvekar and Jayant Patil of PWP had to wait. Right from the beginning Jayant Patil was in the danger zone as he received only six first preference votes, when Narvekar was way ahead of him.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Pankaja Munde, Dr Parinay Phuke, Sadabhau Khot, Yogesh Tilekar and Amit Gorkhe were elected. The other partners in the Mahayuti, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) won two seats – Bhawna Gawli and Kripal Tumane, Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) candidates Rajesh Vitekar and Shivaji Garje emerged victorious.
Congress candidate Pradya Satav and Shuv Sena (UBT) group’s Milind Narvekar were elected.
Cross-voting by five Congress members affected the Maha-Vikas Aghadi (MVA). BJP had 115 party votes but bagged 118. Ajit Pawar Group had only 42 votes but received 47. Congress had 37 votes, but Pradnya Satav received only 25. Out of the remaining 12, Milind Narvekar got 7. Shiv Sena (UBT) had 15 votes but Navekar had to wait for the second preference votes for his election.
Jayant Patil of PWP, who was extended support by NCP (Sharad Pawar) lost the election. He was the lone representative of his party in the Legislative Council and was seeking re-election.