Eleven candidates are in fray for ten seats within the biennial Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections to be held on June 20, establishing for a detailed combat between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance’s Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the tenth seat. While the time period of 9 sitting members of the legislative council is coming to an finish on July 7, the election for the tenth seat was necessitated because it fell vacant after the loss of life of BJP MLC RN Singh in January, 2022. According to the Election Commission, votes might be forged between 9 am to 4 pm, whereas the counting of votes will start at 5 pm. The date earlier than which the election needs to be accomplished is March 22, the EC additional said.
Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad Chunav 2022: Seats going to polls
While the tenth seat fell vacant following the loss of life of BJP chief RN Singh, the election to the 9 different seats had been necessitated as phrases of 9 MLCs are set to run out in July this yr.
The 9 outgoing members of the Upper House are its present Chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar and Sanjay Daund, each from NCP, Leader of Opposition Pravin Darekar, Sujitsinh Thakur, Prasad Lad, each belonging to BJP, BJP allies Maratha chief Vinayak Mete and former minister Sadabhau Khot, and the remaining from Shiv Sena, together with Industries minister Subhash Desai and Diwakar Raote.
Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad Chunav 2022: Where numbers stand
10 seats are up for grabs with 11 candidates preventing for them, thus forcing an election for the tenth seat. The power of the electoral faculty has dropped to 285 from 288 as three legislators received’t forged their votes on Monday. While Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke died earlier this yr, the Bombay High Court on Saturday rejected the pleas of two jailed NCP legislators Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik to grant momentary launch from jail for voting.
The BJP has named Pravin Darekar, Ram Shinde, Shrikant Bhartiya, Uma Khapre and Prasad Lad as its candidates whereas the MVA has nominated Sachin Ahit and Amasha Padvi (each Shiv Sena), Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar and Eknath Khadse (each Nationalist Congress Party), Chandrakant Handore and Bhai Jagtap (all Congress).
In order to get elected, every candidate with require the help of not less than 26 MLAs. With 106 legislators, BJP is anticipated to win 4 out of 5 seats. On the opposite hand, Shiv Sena (55 MLAs) and NCP (51 MLAs) are slated to win two seats every. Congress, with 44 MLAs, would require not less than eight first desire votes, largely from Independents and different smaller events, for its second member Bhai Jagtap to get elected. NCP would require just one further vote to get its second member elected. With the Sena having three surplus votes, the remainder of the MVA, primarily NCP, can breathe straightforward.
The Upper House in Maharashtra consists of 78 seats, with BJP having 25 members at presents, and the MVA, collectively boasting of 33 members (14 from Shiv Sena, 10 from NCP, 9 from Congress). 12 members from the state’s Upper House are nominated by the Governor, whereas the remaining 66 are elected.
Close contest in a single seat – Smaller events maintain key
For the tenth seat, the 66-year-old President of Mumbai Congress Jagtap might be up in opposition to the 51-year-old Lad, former MLC and a detailed aide of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Smaller events together with Samajwadi Party, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Bahujan Vikas Aghadi are nonetheless holding their playing cards near their chests.
Collectively, the Independents and smaller events may have 29 votes. Together, they’ll change the course of election, as was witnessed within the not too long ago held Rajya Sabha elections within the state.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”