BJP sweeps Vidarbha in Assembly polls

Big upset for ministers, sitting MLAs

By Kartik Lokhande 

Legislative Assembly elections this time saw big upsets in Vidarbha region, as 22 incumbent MLAs got defeated mostly by debutants. Throughout the region, Congress' Yashomati Thakur proved to be the only woman winner; while Manohar Naik became the lone face-saver for NCP in Vidarbha.
Some of the big names include Ashish Jaiswal (Shiv Sena) in Ramtek, Dinanath Padole (Congress rebel who contested as NCP candidate) in South Nagpur; Suresh Deshmukh in Wardha, Dadarao Keche (BJP) in Arvi, Ashok Shinde (Shiv Sena) in Hinganghat, Anandrao Gedam (Congress) in Armori, Vijayraj Shinde (Shiv Sena) in Buldana, Dilip Sananda (Congress) in Khamgaon, Raosaheb Shekhawat (Congress) in Amravati, Abhijeet Adsul (Shiv Sena) in Daryapur, Haridas Bhade (BRP-BMS) in Akola-East, and Sanjay Gawande (Shiv Sena) in Akot.
For incumbent ministers of erstwhile Congress-NCP Government, this election proved to be the most shocking one. Barring Manohar Naik (NCP) and Ranjit Kamble (Congress), no other minister could retain his seat in Vidarbha. Anil Deshmukh (NCP), Dr Nitin Raut (Congress), Sanjay Deotale (Congress rebel who contested as BJP candidate), Shivajirao Moghe (Congress) lost the election by a big margin. Congress leader Vasant Purke, who was Deputy Speaker of Assembly during Congress-NCP regime, also lost by a huge margin of 38,750 votes to BJP’s Ashok Uike from Ralegaon constituency in Yavatmal district.
The big upsets in Vidarbha has resulted in emergence of new faces. Political observers felt that four major parties -- BJP, Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena -- contesting independently proved to be a big churning exercise for the region, and new leadership is the outcome of this. It remains to be seen how many of new faces get ministerial berths in the new Government. 

Results of all 62 Assembly constituencies in Vidarbha, published in The Hitavada CityLine centre-spread on October 20, 2014.

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