Solapur South Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra of BJP Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls

Mumbai: Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra of BJP has won the Solapur South Assembly constituency in Maharashtra by defeating the Congress candidate Moulali Bashumiya Sayyed (Baba Mistri). One of the constituencies going to polls among the 288 seats in Maharashtra is Solapur South. The seat is located in Solapur district of the state, which falls in South East zone.

As per the election commission website, the schedule of polls in Maharashtra points that nomination papers for the candidature were filed till October 4. Following this, the nomination papers were scrutinised on October 5, and the aspiring candidate withdrew candidature till October 7. The polling took place on October 21 and Election Commission announced results on October 24. The new government in Maharashtra should be formed before November 9 because the current assembly expires on that day. Solapur City Central Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Shinde Praniti Sushilkumar of Congress Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.

From the Solapur South seat, the saffron coalition had fielded BJP's Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra. The Opposition candidate from the constituency was Congress leader Moulali Bashumiya Sayyed. In 2014, the assembly segment was wrested between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra and Congress leader Dilip Brahmadev Mane. As per the results declared by the Election Commission, the seat was won by BJP's Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra by a margin of 27,123 votes.

Ahead of the elections, the BJP-Sena coalition is being predicted to hold the edge. The sum of major opinion polls have claimed a return of the incumbent ruling alliance in the forthcoming polls. Surveys have went to the extent of predicting 205-220 seats for the BJP-Sena alliance. Solapur City North Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Maharashtra: Deshmukh Vijaykumar Sidramappa of BJP Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls.

Along with Maharashtra, the state of Haryana -- where 90 assembly seats are being contested -- will also go to polls on October 21. In both the states, the BJP is the incumbent ruling party. If re-elected to power, Devendra Fadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar are likely to continue as the Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Haryana, respectively.

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