Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the highest seat winner (80) in Zilla Parishad (ZP) elections of the four districts of the Marahtwada, results of which were declared on Monday. Shinde Shiv Sena is in second place with 41 seats. The tally of both BJP and Shinde gave the upper hand to Mahayut in these districts.
The ZP elections were held for 241 seats in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani, Dharashiv and Latur districts on February 7. The results of these seats were declared today.
Nationalist Congress Party-Ajit Pawar (NCP) faction got 35 seats in the elections while NCP-Sharad Pawar (NCP-SP) had to contend with just two seats. The NCP-SP did not open its account in Parbhani and Dharashiv.
Congress could secure 39 seats while Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT)-Sena registered victory at 23 seats. The number of other category candidates is 16, which is higher than NCP-SP.
BJP has the highest number of seats in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Parbhani, getting 23 seats in each district. After Congress, it is the second-largest party in Latur.
Congress has the highest number of seats in Latur (23) while it won just one seat in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and three each in Parbhani and Dharashiv.