Ajit Pawar bounces back from Lok Sabha loss in Baramati, wins by 100k votes

Maharashtra election 2024 Baramati result: The rivalry between the two Pawars over control of the NCP was also witnessed in the June Lok Sabha elections in the Baramati Assembly constituency

Maharashtra election result 2024 Baramati result: A year after Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar fractured the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) established by his uncle Sharad Pawar, the family feud was once again in the spotlight as the outcome of the Maharashtra Assembly elections unfolded on Saturday.

 

The rivalry between the two Pawars over control of the NCP was also witnessed in the June Lok Sabha elections, where 84-year-old Sharad Pawar’s faction secured eight out of ten seats, while Ajit Pawar’s camp could only manage a single victory. 

 

Baramati Assembly seat latest trends

Now, the battle has shifted to Baramati, where Ajit Pawar emerged victorious by defeating Sharad Pawar’s proxy candidate and grandnephew, Yugendra Pawar, by more than 100,000 votes on Saturday.  He secured a total of 181,132 votes, while Yugendra managed about 80,000 votes.   

 

As of 11 am, the vote counting trends suggest that Ajit Pawar may be able to recover from his party’s Lok Sabha defeat by winning this prestige family battle. He is currently leading the prized family seat of Baramati seat by more than 38,000 votes.

 

In the second round of counting trends, Yugedra Pawar secured about 34,000 votes.

Baramati Lok Sabha result outcome

During the Lok Sabha polls, Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra had lost from the Baramati constituency to Supriya Sule, Ajit’s cousin. With this, Sharad Pawar reaffirmed his influence as the dominant leader, having represented the seat himself six times.

 

Ajit Pawar had orchestrated a rebellion against NCP Chief in July 2023 by joining the rival Mahayuti alliance, which also comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party and Eknath Shinde. Ajit was rewarded with deputy CM’s post in the Maharashtra government. Today’s poll outcome will signal whether he can win the people’s confidence, or if the electorate will side with Sharad Pawar by choosing Yugendra Pawar. 

 

NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar is another member of the influential Pawar family, who is contesting from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency. The sitting MLA is pitted against BJP leader and former state minister Ram Shinde.

 

Overall, the Mahayuti-led National Democratic Alliance has crossed the halfway mark in both Maharashtra and Jharkhand, leading in the majority of the seats. In Maharashtra, the NDA is ahead in 224 of the 288 Assembly constituencies.