Sangli: As counting of votes concludes for the high-stakes Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024, NCP(SP) candidate from Islampur, Jayant Rajaram Patil won from the seat with a comprehensive margin of over over 13000 votes.
As per the ECI's latest real-time data, Jayant polled 109879 votes against NCP candidate Nishikant Prakash Bhosale-Patil's tally of 96852 giving the former a winning lead of 13027 votes.
Jayant Rajaram Patil, who is currently the MLA from Islampur constituency in Sangli district, was seeking re-election. This time he was however contesting the polls on an NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) ticket. Jayant was one of the Chief Ministerial candidates if the Maha Vikas Aghadi had won the state elections.
There was a straight contest between Jayant Rajaram Patil and Nishikant Prakash Bhosale-Patil in Islampur. To make the contest interesting, there were two more Jayant Patils in the fray, who were contesting as independents. Co-incidentally, one of Jayant Rajaram Patil and the other is Jayant Ramchandra Patil. However, the NCP (SP) leader has a strong mass support helping it retain the seat.
Patil is a key player in the MVA and is considered close to former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Minister Sharad Pawar. The constituency comes under the sugar belt and so the sugar farmers and the members of the co-operative sector will decide the fate of Jayant Patil.
Jayant Patil also has an extensive knowledge about the co-operative sector in western Maharashtra and holds controls over the sugar factories in the area. He is considered extremely close to Sharad Pawar and did not desert the leader when Ajit Pawar caused a vertical split in the party.
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