Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Ruling Mahayuti alliance wins 9 out of 11 seats

Nine Mahayuti candidates registered wins in the Maharashtra MLC elections. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Nine Mahayuti candidates registered wins in the Maharashtra MLC elections. Congress’s Pradnya Satav from Maha Vikas Aghadi also won. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college.

Meanwhile, jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad arrived at Vidhan Bhavan to cast his vote after court granted him permission. However, the Opposition parties – Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) raised objection against Gaikwad being granted permission to vote. Acting on Congress party’s letter, election officer has sought response from Chief Election Officer of Maharashtra regarding the same and Gaikwad has been asked to not to vote as the reply is awaited.

The elections to the vacant seats is likely to spring surprise amid fears of cross-voting and with both Maha Vikas Agadi and Mahayuti leaders meeting their MLAs yesterday. The Congress on Friday denied speculation that nine of its MLAs would cross-vote in favour of the BJP-led Mahayuti candidates. “The ruling parties are spreading rumours. There is no truth in it. Not a single MLA from the Congress will indulge in cross-voting,” Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar, state Opposition leader said. Live Updates 22:18 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 ED Mumbai attaches Mumbai flat of IPS officer's husband Purushottam Chavan in a money laundering case ED Mumbai has provisionally attached a Mumbai flat of an IPS officer's husband Purushottam Chavan in a money laundering case linked to Rs 263 crore Income Tax Refund (ITR) fraud case. The agency also attached assets including land parcels in Lonavala and Khandala of other accused Rajesh Batreja, balance in Anirudh Gandhi’s company bank account, insurance policies of accused Rajesh Shetty and Bhushan Anant Patil. 21:18 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Seven Congress MLAs cross-voted in Council polls, results indicate At least seven Congress MLAs defied the party's directive while voting in Friday's biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, results showed. Congress, which has 37 MLAs, had fixed a quota of 30 first preference votes for its candidate Pradyna Satav, and seven remaining votes were to go to Milind Narvekar, candidate of the ally Shiv Sena (UBT), party sources said. Eventually, Satav got 25 and Narvekar 22 first preference votes, which meant at least seven Congress MLAs cross-voted. The ruling Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP won all the nine seats it contested, while Jayant Patil of the Peasants and Workers' Party (PWP), supported by Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), lost. (PTI) 20:31 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLS polls Live Updates: We are surely not happy with the loss of Jayant Patil says Shiv Sena(UBT) leader Ambadas Danve "Nothing wrong has happened in MLC polls. Our votes were intact and no one indulged in cross-voting. We are surely not happy with the loss of Jayant Patil. But we don't think that MVA's votes have gone to the ruling side," Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and the leader of opposition in the legislative council Ambadas Danve said. Mahayuti registered nine wins while Maha Vikas Aghadi gained two in the Maharashtra MLC polls. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 20:05 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Jayant Patil loses as Milind Narvekar wins the final seat Shiv Sena(UBT)'s Milind Narvekar has registered a win for the final seat as counting concluded for the Maharashtra MLC polls. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 19:33 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Maha Vikas Aghadi were busy infighting, says CM Eknath Shinde on MLC election results "We as Maha Yuti had our math right for the MLC polls. We ensured that our three parties' candidates would win. But you (MVA) were indulging in infighting," said CM Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra Assembly over the MLC polls results. Bhavana Gawli and Krupal Tumane representing Shiv Sena have won the Maharashtra MLC elections. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 19:11 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Six MLAs from Congress have cross-voted As per the preliminary estimate, six MLAs from Congress have cross-voted. Four MLAs of the party were already in touch with Ajit Pawar's NCP. Pradnya Satav representing Congress has won in the Maharashtra MLC elections. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 19:04 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Opposition has voted for us, says BJP leader and minister Girish Mahajan on the Maharashtra MLC election results "The victory proves that the rumours spread by the opposition were false. Several rumours were being spread by the opposition that Eknath Shinde led Sena's MLAs will do cross voting in favour of Uddhav ji and Ajit Dada's MLAs to Sharad Pawar ji. But nothing of that sort has happened. Instead opposition votes have come to us,"BJP leader and minister Girish Mahajan told The Indian Express. Sadabhau Khot, Pankaja Munde, Parinay Phuke, Yogesh Tilekar representing BJP have won the Maharashtra MLC elections. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 19:00 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar claims that the MLAs of the MVA have done a cross voting BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar claims that the MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi have done cross voting in the Maharashtra MLC elections. So far 10 have been elected and the fight is between Milind Narvekar and Jayant Patil of PWP for the remaining last seat. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 18:41 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: BJP's Sadabhau Khot wins BJP's Sadabhau Khot has won the Maharashtra MLC elections. Now the fight is between Milind Narvekar and Jayant Patil of PWP for the remaining last seat. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 18:37 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Nine candidates have won; Fight between Milind Narvekar, Jayant Patil and Sadabhau Khot for remaining 2 seats. Nine candidates have won as counting continues for the Maharashtra MLC polls. The fight now is between Milind Narvekar, Jayant Patil and Sadabhau Khot for remaining 2 seats. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 18:34 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Shiv Sena's Krupal Tumane and Bhavana Gawli have won Shiv Sena's Krupal Tumane and Bhavana Gawli have won the Maharashtra MLC elections. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 18:31 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Congress' Pradnya Satav has won Congress' Pradnya Satav has won the Maharashtra MLC elections. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 18:25 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: BJP's Parinay Phuke and Pankaja Munde win BJP's Parinay Phuke and Pankaja Munde have won the Maharashtra MLC elections. All 274 MLAs voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There were 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 18:04 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Shiv Sena(UBT)'s Milind Narvekar and BJP's Yogesh Tilekar leading with 17 votes As per the counting till now, Shiv Sena-UBT candidate Milind Narvekar has won 17 votes, Congress Pradnya Satav has won 12 votes, BJP's Yogesh Tilekar has won 17 votes. The counting officer to first count valid votes after which the quota to win will be decided. All 274 MLAs have voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 17:49 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Counting begins after all 274 MLAs cast their votes Counting has begun for MLC elections. The counting officer to first count valid votes after which the quota to win will be decided. All 274 MLAs have voted on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 16:59 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Mamata Banerjee meets Uddhav Thackeray West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence `Matoshree' here. Both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress are part of the Opposition's INDIA grouping. This was the first meeting between the two leaders, who are known to enjoy a good rapport, after the Lok Sabha elections. (PTI) 16:27 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 BJP has been party with a difference, it should avoid mistakes of Congress: Nitin Gadkari Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the BJP has been a party with a difference and that is why it has repeatedly won the trust of voters, but cautioned against the saffron outfit repeating mistakes committed by the Congress in the past which saw its exit from power. "If we continue doing what the Congress used to do, then there is no use of their exit and our entry," emphasised Gadkari in comments coming more than a month after the BJP failed to notch up a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha polls. Gadkari was addressing a Goa BJP executive meeting near Panaji which was attended by party's state unit president Sadanand Tanavade and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, among other leaders. Gadkari stressed that "We (BJP) have to create a corruption-free country and for that we should have a plan in place". Referring to politics in adjoining Maharashtra, Gadkari argued that in his home state there is a trend of playing politics on caste lines (jativadi rajkaran). "I have decided not to follow this trend. I have told people that I will not indulge in caste-based politics (jaat-paat). Jo karega jaat ki baat, usko padegi kaske laath (the one who will speak about caste will get a strong kick)," he warned. (PTI) 15:48 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: All 274 MLAs vote in MLC elections All 274 MLAs have now voted in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. Eleven members of the upper house of the state legislature are retiring on July 27 and these high-stakes polls are being held to fill the vacancies. 15:43 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis casts his vote for Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis cast his vote for the ongoing Vidhan Parishad (Maharashtra Legislative Council) Elections 2024 . Posting a photo with the ballot, Fadnavis wrote "Voted for Vidhan Parishad (Maharashtra Legislative Council) Elections 2024! " There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. 15:19 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC polls Live Updates: 203 MLAs cast their votes till noon As many as 203 MLAs have cast their votes till noon on Friday in the biennial elections to 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. There are 12 candidates in the fray for the 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature where the 274 current members of the legislative assembly form the electoral college. The voting began at the Vidhan Bhavan complex here at 9 am and will continue till 4 pm. The counting of votes will be taken up at 5 pm. Eleven members of the upper house of the state legislature are retiring on July 27 and these high-stakes polls are being held to fill the vacancies. (PTI) 14:33 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: All three MVA candidates will emerge victorious, says Sanjay Raut The much-anticipated Maharashtra Legislative Council elections is underway. Amid fears of cross-voting, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut told media, "All three candidates of Maha VIkas Aghadi will emerge victorious - Pradnya Satav (Congress), Milind Narvekar of Shiv Sena (UBT) and Jayant Patil."" 14:08 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Voting underway Voting for 11 seats to Maharashtra Legislative Council is underway at Vidhan Bhavan. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray have cast their votes. The voting will continue till 4 pm and results will be declared today itself. 13:13 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates:Jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad asked not to vote till Chief Election Officer reply on Congress' complaint Following the complaint filed by the Congress against jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad voting in Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, the election officer has sought reply from the state's Chief Election Officer. Till then Gaikwad is being asked not to vote as the reply is awaited. 12:29 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad arrives to cast vote After opposition from Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT), jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad has arrived at Vidhan Bhavan complex to cast his vote for Maharashtra Legislative election. Gaikwad was permitted by court to vote. The Congress has written to Assembly speaker urging him not to allow Gaikwad to vote while Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut termed it a misuse of power saying that NCP MLAs Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh were not permitted to vote when they were in jail in 2022. 12:11 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: ‘All independent MLAs from our side have voted as they were told,’ says Eknath Shinde Amid fears of cross-voting during the ongoing biennial Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister exuded confidence in the ruling coalition and told The Indian Express, “All independent MLAs from our side have voted as they were told. We are confident of winning all nine seats of Mahayuti.” 11:54 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Congress brushes aside fears of cross voting Amid fears of cross-voting, the Congress on Friday denied speculation that nine of its MLAs would cross-vote in favour of the BJP-led Mahayuti candidates. “The ruling parties are spreading rumours. There is no truth in it. Not a single MLA from the Congress will indulge in cross-voting,” Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar, state Opposition leader said. 11:22 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Where does BJP, Shinde Sena stand in terms of numbers ? With the support of Independents, the BJP has a strength of 111 MLAs. It means the party will require four more votes to ensure the victory of all five of its candidates. The Sena led by Shinde has 38 MLAs, including the CM, and claims to have the support of two legislators from the Prahar Janashakti Party and seven Independents, which makes its strength 47. That will be enough to ensure the victory of its two candidates. Ajit Pawar’s NCP has 39 MLAs and claims it has the support of two Independents, meaning it will be five short of the numbers required to win both seats. 10:50 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Uddhav Thackeray reaches Vidhan Bhavan Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray reached Vidhan Bhavan. Voting for MLC election is underway at the Assembly 10:32 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Misuse of power, Sanjay Raut on jailed BJP MLA permitted to vote Commenting on jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad permitted to cast vote in Maharashtra Legislative Council election, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said, "BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad is allowed to come out of the jail and vote. But when NCP MLAs Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh were in jail they were not allowed to vote(for MLC polls in 2022). This is what we call the misuse of power." 10:26 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Voting underway Each candidate will require 23 votes to elected. Based on the numbers, the Mahayuti alliance says it is confident of winning nine seats while the MVA is expected to win two. Both sides are short of the required numbers to win the 11th seat. 09:57 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Congress objects to jailed BJP MLC Ganpat Gaikwad voting, writes to poll officer The Congress party has raised objection to jailed BJP MLC Ganpat Gaikwad casting vote in Maharashtra Legislative Council election. Citing The Representation of People's Act, the Congress party has written to election officer and said that if Gaikwad is allowed to vote, then they will take legal route to oppose it. 09:52 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: 11 MLCs set to retire on July 27 Of the 11 MLCs set to retire on July 27, four are from BJP, two from Congress, and one each from NCP, Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena (UBT), the PWP, and the Rashtriya Samaj Party. The strength of the Maharashtra Assembly has reduced from 288 to 274 because seven MLAs have been elected to the Lok Sabha, four have died, two have resigned, and one has been disqualified. 09:36 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Rain continues to pound Mumbai, Sena UBT asks for voting time extension Heavy rains continued to lash parts of Mumbai on Maharashtra Legislative Council election day and Shiv Sena UBT has demanded extension in voting time by an hour. The biennial election began at 9 am and is scheduled to end by 4 pm. Sena (UBT) MP Anil Desai told reporters that they will request the state electoral officer to extend the voting timing by an hour as it has been raining heavily in Mumbai since Thursday night. With PTI inputs 09:30 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Voting begins The voting for the 11 Maharashtra Legislative Council seats started at 9 am on Friday. Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad was the first to cast vote. 09:16 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: NCP MLAs leave from hotel to Vidhan Sabha As biennial election is set to begin shortly, ruling NCP MLAs have left from a five star hotel in suburban Mumbai for Vidhan Sabha. Fearing cross-voting, the MLAs were shifted to hotels 09:11 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Who are the candidates up for the battle ? The BJP has fielded five candidates: party national secretary Pankaja Munde, former minister Parinay Phuke, former Pune Mayor Yogesh Tilekar, Matang community (Scheduled Caste) leader Amit Gorkhe, and former minister and Rayat Kranti Paksha chief Sadabhau Khot. The NCP led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has given tickets to Rajesh Vitekar, a party leader from Parbhani district, and party general secretary Shivajirao Garje, while the Shiv Sena has nominated former Lok Sabha MPs Bhawna Gavli and Krupal Tumane. The Congress has renominated MLC Pradnya Satav while the Shiv Sena (UBT) has given the ticket to party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide Milind Narvekar. Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) MLC Jayant Patil has also filed his nomination from the Opposition. 09:07 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: BJP, Sena, NCP summoned MLAs at hotel two days ahead of election The ruling Mahayuti alliance is facing the heat this time as the Opposition won 31 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the recently concluded elections. The Opposition MVA alliance hopes of its three candidates securing victory with a little help from MLAs in the ruling bloc planning to support Uddhav led Shiv Sena or Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). Sensing chances of cross-voting, all three parties shifted their MLAs to five-star hotels two days ago. Both Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar–led NCP on Wednesday held a meeting with their respective MLAs. The BJP MLAs met with party in-charge Bhupendra Yadav at party headquarters while the Shiv Sena – UBT MLAs gathered at Hotel ITC Grand Central. The Congress held the meeting of MLAs on July 11 at Hotel Intercontinental. 08:52 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Maharashtra MLC Polls Live Updates: Remember Eknath Shinde's rebellion and fall of MVA govt after last MLC polls ? The last biennial Legislative Council elections held two years ago in Maharashtra gave surprising results, including the loss of Congress's Chandrakant Handore. The election was followed by the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, triggered by a rebellion led by Eknath Shinde that caused the Shiv Sena to split. 08:40 (IST) 12 Jul 2024 Hello and welcome to Maharashtra MLC Polls Live blog ! With 12 candidates in fray, elections to 11 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council will be held today. The ruling coalition Mahayuti vs Maha Vikas Aghadi battle is much anticipated amid fears of cross voting and the Opposition winning 31 of the state’s 48 seats in Lok Sabha in the recently concluded elections.

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