Pune Bypoll Election Results 2023 Live Updates: Counting of votes for the byelections to Kasba and Chinchwad Assembly constituencies in the Pune district of Maharashtra started on Thursday (March 2, 2023). The counting started at 8 am for the bypolls that took place on February 26 for the two seats held by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The average voter turnout in both constituencies was 50 per cent.
The elections are witnessing the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena fight against the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Congress, and Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The elections were necessitated by the deaths of incumbent BJP MLAs Mukta Tilak (Kasba Peth) and Laxman Jagtap (Chinchwad).
Pune Bypoll Election Results 2023: Main contenders in Kasba Peth
The main contenders in the Kasba Peth constituency bypoll are BJP’s Hemant Rasane and Ravindra Dhangekar of the Congress (backed by the MVA).
In Kasbapeth, Dhangekar is leading with a comfortable margin and has so far secured 45,700 votes. His nearest BJP rival Hemant Rasane has received 41,000 votes.
The Food Corporation of India warehouse in Koregaon Park is hosting the Kasba Peth vote counting.
There would be 20 counting rounds for the Kasba Peth seat.
Pune Bypoll Election Results 2023: Main contenders in Chinchwad
In Chinchwad, the fight is between BJP’s Ashwini Jagtap, NCP’s Vithal `Nana` Kate and independent candidate Rahul Kalate.
As per the available trends, Jagtap has so far bagged more than 35,900 votes over her nearest rival Vithal `Nana` Kate who has secured 28,500 votes.
A Shiv Sena (UBT) rebel candidate contesting as independent has received 11,500 votes.
In Chinchwad assembly seat, counting is being done at the Shankarao Gawade Kamgar Bhavan in Thergaon.
There would be as many as 37 counting rounds for the Chinchwad seat.
