Fadnavis wins with the highest margin


* Congress candidate Prafull Gudadhe-Patil finishes second, but polls less than half the votes polled by Fadnavis
* Barring Fadnavis and Gudadhe, deposit of all other candidates forfeited

By Kartik Lokhande 
The victory of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state chief Devendra Fadnavis from South-West Nagpur constituency was a foregone conclusion. The only matter was the lead he secured. On Sunday, Fadnavis proved that he was the most bankable star of BJP, by securing a lead of 58,942 votes over his rival Congress candidate Prafulla Gudadhe-Patil. This was the highest margin of victory in all 12 constituencies of Nagpur district.
Fadnavis, who secured lead over Gudadhe right from the first round, polled a total 1,13,918 votes while Gudadhe polled only 54,976 votes, which was less than half of the votes polled by BJP leader. Of total 17 rounds of counting of votes at Kurvey’s New Model School in Shraddhanand Peth area, Gudadhe scored a lead over Fadnavis in ninth round only. That lead, too, was of 1,822 votes. Of a total 1,92,639 valid votes, Fadnavis alone polled 59.13 per cent votes.

Shiv Sena candidate Panju Totwani and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Dilip Pankule lost their deposit. Totwani polled merely 2,767 votes while Pankule polled a paltry 1,055 votes. Compared to these two, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Dr Rajendra Padole fared quite well. Dr Padole polled 16,540 votes. Still, as he could not secure 1/6th of total valid votes polled, he lost his deposit.
As many as 1,014 voters pressed the button of ‘None of The Above’ (NOTA). As far as postal ballot is concerned, 790 valid votes were polled and 239 were rejected as invalid. The total number of valid votes comprises 14 tendered votes also.
Though the result was announced officially around 2 pm, Fadnavis came to receive the certificate from Returning Officer (South-West) Dilip Sawarkar around 4.30 pm. Fadnavis was in Mumbai since morning and when he arrived in the city, he got a rousing welcome from party workers and admirers. At various locations from the airport to counting centre, he was greeted by people.
Devendra Fadnavis was accompanied by his wife Amruta, MLC Anil Sole, Mayor Pravin Datke, Sandip Joshi, Munna Yadav, Vijay Raut and others. With them, Fadnavis travelled throughout the city in an open jeep accepting the bouquets, garlands, and greetings offered by people. After receiving the certificate of his victory, Fadnavis visited Deekshabhoomi and later went to his residence.

Round-wise increase in lead of Fadnavis

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Round                   Lead over

                             closest rival

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1                             4,718

2                             9,694

3                           14,897

4                           18,830

5                           20,606

6                           24,230

7                           27,974

8                           32,362

9                          30,540 (decline)

10                        35,043 (raise)

11                        37,438

12                        41,259

13                       46,312

14                       49,504

15                       52,666

16                      56,517

Final                  58,942

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