Assembly bye-polls: Sunetra Pawar leads in Maharashtra’s Baramati, Congress in Karnataka seats
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The counting of votes in the bye-elections to seven Assembly seats in five states was underway on Monday.
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In Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sunetra Pawar was ahead by 1,50,342 votes against New Rashtriya Samaj Party RY Ghutukade in the Baramati Assembly seat at the end of 17 rounds of voting.
There will be a total of 24 rounds of counting.
Sunetra Pawar, wife of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is contesting the seat following the Nationalist Congress Party leader’s death in a plane crash on January 28.
Ajit Pawar died when a small aircraft crashed near an airstrip in Baramati town during its second attempt to land after having initiated a go-around. Two pilots, a flight attendant and Ajit Pawar’s security officer were the others who died in the incident.
The cause of the crash was unclear. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, a unit of the civil aviation ministry, is investigating the incident.
On January 31, Sunetra Pawar took oath as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, replacing Ajit Pawar. She was also elected as the leader of the legislative party of the Nationalist Congress Party.
Ahead of the elections, Congress had announced that it would withdraw its candidate from the Baramati seat as a “mark of respect” for Ajit Pawar.
In the counting of the votes for the...