Pratapsinh Patil Wins Aurangabad Graduates' Seat

NCP-SP candidate Dr Pratapsinh Vedprakash Patil has won the Aurangabad Division Graduates’ Constituency of the Legislative Council election.

He secured 85,876 votes, while his closest competitor, Satish Bhanudasrao Chavan of the NCP, received 67,752 votes.

The election was held across 842 polling stations in eight districts. A total of 41 candidates were in the fray.

Dr Patil was declared the winner by Returning Officer and Divisional Commissioner G. Sreekanth at 5:10am on Thursday.

The counting of votes began at 8am on Tuesday and continued for over 45 hours before the final results were announced on Thursday.

Dr Patil won the election by a margin of 18,124 votes.

The quota required for victory was set at 88,558 votes, but Dr Patil secured the highest number of votes in the final count.