Thane, Palghar election results live: CM Eknath Shinde faces Kedar Dighe of the Shiv Sena (UBT) in Kopri-Pachpakhadi; Shiv Sena factions seek to win from stronghold Thane to reclaim legitimacy.
Thane, Palghar election results live: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with son MP Shrikant Shinde and family has cast his vote at wagale estate in Thane.
Thane, Palghar election results live: The Election Commission will announce results for Dahanu, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar, Nalasopara, Vasai seats in Palghar district and Mira Bhayander, Owala Majiwada, Kopri Pachpakhadi, Thane, Airoli, Belapur in Thane district of Maharashtra today. These assembly seats are part of the 288 constituencies in Maharashtra for which counting of votes will take place today.…Read More
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Voting for the Maharashtra assembly elections was held on 20 November in a single phase. The 2024 assembly election results come against the backdrop of multiple political upheavals in the state. In the previous assembly elections in 2019, the BJP-led alliance won a majority. However, the constituent Shiv Sena later exited the alliance and joined hands with the Congress and NCP to form the government under the banner of the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
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A subsequent split in the Shiv Sena saw one of its two factions joining the BJP-led Mahayuti and forming the government in 2022 under the chief ministership of Eknath Shinde. Shinde’s faction was awarded the original party name, despite the claims of the faction led by Uddhav Thackeray. In 2023, the NCP too got divided into two parties — one which retained the original name under Ajit Pawar and a second camp under Sharad Pawar. Today’s election results, which you can track using this live blog, will reveal how voters across the district of Palghar, Thane and the rest of the state view this reordering of battle lines in assembly seats.
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Nov 23, 2024 6:15 AM IST
Thane, Palghar election results live: CM Eknath Shinde vs Kedar Dighe in Kopri-Pachpakhadi seat
Thane, Palghar election results live: CM Eknath Shinde is seeking a fourth term as an MLA from Thane’s Kopri-Pachpakhadi seat. He is expected to face stiff competition from Kedar Dighe of the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction.
Kedar Dighe is the nephew of the late Anand Dighe, a highly influential Shiv Sena leader and a political mentor to Eknath Shinde. He currently leads the party’s Thane district unit.
Kopri-Pachpakhadi has been Shinde’s stronghold since 2009. The election assumes significance as it marks the first electoral battle between Shiv Sena factions after the party’s split.
Nov 23, 2024 6:01 AM IST
Thane, Palghar election results live: 56.05 pc turnout in Thane, 59.85 pc in CM Shinde’s constituency
Thane, Palghar election results live: Thane district had recorded 56.05 per cent voter turnout with 59.85 per cent polling in Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s constituency in the Maharashtra assembly elections.
In Thane, Bhiwandi Rural constituency had the highest turnout of 69.01 per cent, while Ambernath recorded the lowest at 47.75 per cent.
In CM Shinde’s Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency in Thane, the voter turnout was 59.85 per cent.
In Palghar, Vikramgad recorded the highest turnout of 77.75 per cent, while Vasai had the lowest at 60.46 per cent.