Fahad Ahmad throughout campaigning
Counting of votes for Maharashtra meeting polls is underway. Fahad Ahmad, Sharad Pawar’s occasion candidate, is main in opposition to Sana Malik, of rival NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar, in Anushakti Nagar constituency with 2,751 votes as of 12:40 pm, in keeping with information from the Election Fee.
Fifteen rounds of counting is over, 5 extra to go.
Anushakti Nagar is part of the Mumbai South-Central Lok Sabha constituency.
Sana Malik is the daughter of incumbent legislator Nawab Malik. Mr Ahmad, who was as soon as the “yuva” neta of Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Occasion, crossed over to Sharad Pawar’s occasion days earlier than polls. Mr Ahmad is married to Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker.
The 32 year-old Fahad Ahmad, a graduate of Aligarh Muslim College and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, is a local of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
Practically three hours into the counting of votes for Maharashtra, BJP-led NDA appears set for a landslide win in Maharashtra, which is India’s third largest state and its wealthiest.
Most exit polls predicted a Mahayuti win in Maharashtra. Nevertheless, exit polls have usually acquired it flawed, at time they’ve been horribly off track.
The polling for 288-member Maharashtra meeting befell on Wednesday, with a turnout of over 66 %, surpassing the 61 % recorded within the 2019 elections.
The battle is between the Mahayuti alliance and the Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA.
The BJP is preventing on 148 seats, essentially the most by any occasion. Its alliance associate Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is contesting on 80 seats whereas Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Occasion, the third member of the alliance, is preventing on 53 seats. 5 seats have been given to different Mahayuti allies, whereas there was no resolution on two seats.
The Congress is contesting on 103 seats, whereas Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is contesting on 89 seats. Sharad Pawar’s NCP is preventing on 87 seats. Six seats got to different MVA allies, whereas there was no readability on three meeting segments.