A major development has taken place in the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency. National Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) group's Nilesh Lanke has emerged victorious after defeating BJP's Sujay Vikhe in a tight contest.
The verdict has come as a shock to Vikhe Patil, whose father and veteran politician Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil had turned Ahmednagar into a family stronghold. Lanke had changed alliances just before the elections by leaving Ajit Pawar's NCP and joining Sharad Pawar.
Exit polls predictionIn Ahmednagar, the exit polls had predicted a setback for sitting MP Sujay Vikhe Patil. According to the exit poll of TV9 Pollstrat, had predicted Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate Nilesh Lanke's lead.