Ahmednagar: BJP's Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has won from Shirdi Assembly seat in Ahmednagar district with margin of over 70,000 votes.
As per the Election Commission data, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has been declared winner securing 1,44,778 votes by defeating his nearest rival Prabhavati Janardhan Ghogare of Congress, who could manage only 74,496 votes.
Independent candidate Dr Pipada Rajendra Madanlal is trailing at the second place with 1,510 votes followed by Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi candidate, Raju Sadik Sheikh, who bagged only 643.
The Vikhe Patil family has a special connection with the Ahmednagar district as they hail from the district. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil switched over to the BJP from the Congress and is now a Maharashtra Minister. He has sought a re-election from the Shirdi Assembly seat.
Senior BJP and Congress leaders campaigned extensively for their respective candidates. The shrine of Sai Baba, where lakhs of devotees come from across the world, is also located in the Shirdi constituency. If Vikhe-Patil, who has considerable clout among the locals wins, and if the Mahayuti retains power in the state, he could get a key position.
On November 20, the day of voting, allegations were levelled against Vikhe-Patil that he made students from other states and other districts of Maharashtra to vote in his constituency. However, Vikhe-Patil, who also has a stronghold over the co-operative sector, rubbished all the allegations.
His son Sujay Vikhe-Patil, a former BJP MP, suffered defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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