The Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dnyaneshwar Mhatre from Konkan teachers’ constituency met chief minister Eknath Shinde. Dnyaneshwar Mhatre won the Konkan teachers' constituency seat in the state Legislative Council polls. He defeated the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate Balaram Patil.
BJP's Dnyaneshwar Mhatre had already expressed his confidence of victory with a large margin of votes. The contest for biennial elections to the Upper House of the state legislature was primarily between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde) combine and candidates backed by the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).