Sajid Khan of Cong wins 2024 Maharashtra Election from Akola

Sajid Khan Pathan of the Indian National Congress is ahead of his nearest rival Agrawal Vijay Kamalkishor of the BJP in Akola West assembly seat where counting of votes for the 2024 assembly election is underway

Saturday November 23, 2024 5:25 PM, ummid.com News Network

Akola Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Sajid Khan of Cong leads

Akola Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Sajid Khan of the Congress Party has won the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections from Akola West assembly seat.

As per the final result announced by the ECI, Sajid Khan polled a total of 88,718 votes and defeated his nearest rival Agrawal Vijay Kamalkishor of the BJP by 1,283 votes.

12:30 PM Sajid Khan Pathan of the Indian National Congress is ahead of his nearest rival Agrawal Vijay Kamalkishor of the BJP in Akola West assembly seat where counting of votes for the 2024 assembly election is underway.

As per ECI vote count data released at 12:30 PM, Sajid Pathan is ahead of his nearest rival Agrawal Vijay Kamalkishor by over 24,000 votes.

In Akola East seat, Randhir Pralhadrao Sawarkar of the BJP is leading by over 41,000 votes.

10:00 AM Counting of votes has begun in Akola East and Akola West seats Saturday Nov 23.

The counting of votes of the postal ballots has been done following which votes stored in EVM are being counted.

01:00 AM The local officials of the Election Commission have made all preparations to conduct today i.e. Saturday November 23, 2024 counting of votes in the Akola East and West seats.

Akola Assembly Election 2024

Polling to elect the new member of assembly (MLA) in Akola East and Akola West was held in a single phase on Wednesday November 20, 2024.

According to the Election Commission data released after polling, the voter turnout in Akola East was 61.60% whereas polling percentage in Akola West was 57.97%.

Candidates in Akola

Sajid Khan Pathan of the Congress and Agrawal Vijay Kamalkishor of the BJP are in direct contest in Akola West assembly seat.

In Akola East seat, Randhir Pralhadrao Sawarkar of the BJP is in direct contest with Gopal alias Ashish Ramrao Datkar of Shiv Sena UBT.

Maharashtra 2024 Polling Percentage

According to the data released by the Election Commission of India, the voter turnout in Maharashtra was 66.05%.

Maharashtra has a total of 36 districts. As per the ECI districtwise data, Kolhapur district registered the highest voter turnout 76.63% followed by Gadchiroli 75.26%, Jalna 72.67%, Ahmednagar 72.47% and Hingoli 72.24%.

Elsewhere, Akola registered polling percentage of 64.76%, Amravati 66.40%, Aurangabad 69.64%, Beed 68.88%, Bhandara 70.60%, Chandrapur 71.33%, Dhule 65.47%, Gondiya 69.74%, Jalgaon 65.80%, Latur 67.03%, Mumbai City 52.65%, Mumbai Suburban 56.39%, Nagpur 61.60%, Nanded 69.45%, Nandurbar 71.88%, Nashik 69.12%, Osmanabad 65.62%, Palghar 66.63%, Parbhani 71.45%, Pune 61.62%, Raigad 69.15%, Ratnagiri 65.23%, Sangli 72.12%, Satara 71.95%, Sindhudurg 71.14%, Solapur 67.72%, Thane 56.93%, Wardha 69.29%, Washim 67.09% and Yavatmal 70.86%.

How many candidates contesting 2024 Maharashtra election

A total of 4,136 candidates from different political parties, including 2,086 Independents, are in the fray.

In the ruling Mahayuti Alliance, the BJP is contesting 149 seats, Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP has fielded candidates in 59 constituencies.

In the opposition - Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and the NCP (Sharad Pawar) 86.

The other parties contesting the 2024 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Chunav are Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - 237 seats, All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of Asaduddin Owaisi 16 seats and Samajwadi Party (SP) on 09 seats.

The halfway mark is 144 seats and both the alliance are claiming to win more than the required number.

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