Maharashtra Election Results 2019; Full List of Winners and Losers: Fadnavis, Thackeray, Chavan among victors; Pankaja Munde, six ministers taste defeat

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis retained his Nagpur South West seat for the fifth consecutive term, while Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray, the first member of his family to contest polls, emerged victorious in Worli, Mumbai. However, seven ministers in the BJP-Shiv Sena government, including women and child welfare minister Pankaja Munde of the BJP lost the Assembly elections, the results for which were declared on Thursday.

State BJP president Chandrakant Patil, a two-time MLC and a sitting minister, who contested his first Assembly polls, won from Kothurd in Pune.

Other prominent winners included Nitesh Rane of the BJP from Kankavli in the Konkan region and NCP leader Ajit Pawar from Baramati in Pune district. Kankavli in Sindhudurg district was the only seat where the BJP and the Sena fought against each other despite being in a state-wide alliance.

Former Maharashtra chief ministers Ashok Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan, both Congressmen, won from Bhokar (Nanded district) and Karad South (Satara district), respectively.

State Congress president Balasaheb Thorat retained his Sangamner Assembly seat in Ahmednagar district for the eighth time.

Housing Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who switched over to the BJP from the Congress on the eve of Lok Sabha polls, won from his traditional Shirdi assembly constituency. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly for four-and-a-half years.

NCP leader Jayant Patil, a former minister, retained his Islampur seat in Sangli district while Parag Shah of the BJP, the richest candidate in the 2019 Maharashtra polls €" he had declared assets worth Rs 500 crore €" won from Ghatkopar East in Mumbai.

EGS Minister Jaydutt Kshirsagar, who had quit the NCP to join the Shiv Sena after the Lok Sabha polls, also lost the election.

Another prominent politician, Harshvardhan Patil, who switched to the BJP from the Congress on the eve of the Assembly polls, was defeated by Dattatraya Bharne, the sitting NCP legislator in Indapur, Pune district.

The polling for the 288-member assembly was held on 21 October and counting took place on 24 October.

Here's the complete list of winners and losers for the Maharashtra Assembly election:

Results for 35 constituencies will still pending at the time of publishing this article.

With inputs from PTI

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