Nagpur, December 14: BJP's MLC nominee Chandrashekhar Bawankule won the state legislative council election from Nagpur by defeating Mangesh Deshmukh, a Congress-backed independent candidate on Tuesday.

In the first-preference vote count, Bawankule got 362 votes while Deshmukh received 186. Dr Ravindra Bhoyar got one vote. Also Read | Netflix Slashes Subscription Rates in India, Now Starts at Rs 149 per Month.

As many as 549 votes have been declared valid.

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