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The fate of some of the political bigwigs in western and north Maharashtra will be decided in the third phase of polling in Maharashtra as 14 seats go to the polls on Tuesday.
Close contests are on cards in almost all seats as the NCP-Congress alliance is posing a major challenge to the ruling BJP-Sena combine. The ruling alliance faces the daunting task of retaining 9 these 14 seats.
Out of ten seats in the sugar belt of western Maharashtra, eight will go to the polls. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule is contesting from Baramati. The NCP had won four out of these eight seats in 2014.
The BJP- Sena combine had dominance in North Maharashtra, Marathwada and Konkan regions in 2014 by winning 9 of the 14 seats. The Congress failed to win any seat here in 2014 while the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) won one seat.
With Tuesday’s polling, voting for 31 seats in Maharashtra will be over. Polling was conducted for 7 and 12 seats in first and second phase respectively. Remaining 17 seats will go to the polls on April 29. The majority of seats going to the polls in the last phase are in Mumbai.
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