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The results of the Lok Sabha elections were declared yesterday. On the North-West seat of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena candidate Amol Kirtikar, who belongs to the Uddhav faction, was pitted against Shiv Sena's Shinde faction leader Ravindra Vyakar. After 26 rounds of counting, when Amol Kirtikar was leading by 1 vote, Ravindra Vyakar applied for recounting. After recounting and verification of illegal postal votes, Ravindra Vyakar defeated Amol Kirtikar. But the contest was very interesting. The contest was so interesting that during the counting of votes, there was a difference of only one vote between the two candidates. On this Lok Sabha seat, Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) candidate Amol Kirtikar was pitted against Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Ravindra Vyakar.
The margin of victory is the lowest in Lok Sabha elections
Ravindra Waikar applied for recounting when Amol Kirtikar was leading by 1 vote after 26 rounds of counting. After recounting and verification of invalid postal votes, Ravindra Waikar defeated Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes. This is the smallest margin of victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Ravindra Waikar emerged victorious by 49 votes
It is worth noting that when Amol Kirtikar was declared the winner by a margin of 681 votes, Ravindra Waikar had demanded a recount of the votes. However, in the recount, Ravindra Waikar is leading by 75 votes. After this, Amol Kirtikar again raised an objection and the postal votes were counted. In the counting, Amol Kirtikar got 1500 votes and Ravindra Waikar got 1549 votes.
Out of 48 seats, only 9 seats went to BJP's account
Out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, BJP has won only 9 seats. NCP Sharad Pawar faction won 8 seats. Congress got 13 seats. Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde faction got 7 seats. NCP (Ajit Pawar) group got one seat. Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) won 9 seats.
