Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar’s NCP wins Beed, the last Lok Sabha seat to be declared, by narrow margin
The BJP has won from the constituency in every general election since 1996 except in 2004, when the undivided Nationalist Congress Party took the seat.
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In the wee hours of Wednesday, Maharashtra’s Beed was the last of 543 Lok Sabha seats to be declared in the 2024 general election.
After prolonged drama and tension, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)’s Bajrang Sonawane won the seat by a narrow margin of 6,553 votes, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s Pankaja Munde.
Sonawane had been trailing for the most of the day as votes were counted. It was only late at night that he rallied to victory.
“Till night, BJP workers kept demanding recounting and delayed the results,” said Muktaram Gawli, a Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) worker.
The party’s win in Beed is crucial as it cements the Marathwada region’s shifting political allegiance, from the BJP-Shiv Sena to the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has won from Beed in every general election since 1996 except in 2004, when the undivided Nationalist Congress Party took the seat. Since 2009, the Munde family has won from Beed thrice, with Gopinath Munde securing two terms and his daughter Pritam Munde one term in office. This time, his second daughter, former MLA Pankaja Munde, contested from the seat.
Sonawane had kicked off a political storm after he complained to the Election Commission of alleged booth capturing and voter suppression in 38 villages of Beed on...
