Pratapsinh Patil Defeats Satish Chavan in Aurangabad MLC Election

Pratapsinh Patil, the NCP (SP) candidate, has won the Aurangabad Graduates' Constituency election by a margin of 18,124 votes. He defeated sitting MLC Satish Chavan, also from the NCP.

Patil secured 85,876 votes, while Chavan got 67,752 votes. The election saw a voter turnout of 72.96 per cent.

Patil said that voters express their discontent when they feel they are being taken for granted. He claimed that some voters even left angry messages in the ballot boxes, with one reading 'Satish (Chavan), bro, it is done now'.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, which includes the NCP (SP), Congress, and Shiv Sena (UBT), won three out of five Maharashtra Legislative Council constituencies.

The results were declared on October 28-29, after a prolonged counting process. Patil's victory is seen as a significant win for the MVA alliance in the state.