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2014: the victorious candidates

Maharashtra 2014

2009, 2014

Maha shock for Cong-NCP as it loses 42 of 48 seats

Prafulla Marpakwar

Mumbai: TNN

The Times of India May 17 2014

Maharashtra 2014

Adarsh-Tainted Chavan Among Congres’s Only 2 Winners

The BJP-Shiv Sena combine trounced the ruling Congres-NCP in Maharashtra, conceding only two seats to the Congres and four to Sharad Pawar’s NCP out of a total of 48 in the state.

The score was 6-0 in Mumbai, which had been swept by Congres-NCP in 2009.

The results sparked concerns in the Congres-NCP camp about the assembly polls due in October, with the BJP-Shiv Sena can expect to enjoy a huge advantage.

The Shiv Sena won 18 out of 22 seats it contested, while the BJP secured 23 out of the 26 it fought. The two Congresmen who won were Ashok Chavan (Nanded), who had to quit as CM after the Adarsh scam came to light, and Youth Congres president Rajeev Satao from Hingoli. People from all four regions of the state — Vidarbha, Marathwada, Kon

kan and northern Maharashtra — voted against the Congres-NCP.

Congres-NCP leaders blamed the UPA-2’s ‘anti-people decisions’ for the defeat.

They said corruption, failure to check inflation, bad governance and delay at the state level in taking even routine decisions were responsible for the rout.

The failure of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS to split votes like it had in 2009 was also seen as a reason for the Congres-NCP’s poor performance. Congres leaders felt the combine also ignored youngsters.

A Congres minister said the state government also did not take adequate steps to deal with the acute shortage of power and ignored anti-graft protests across the state. An NCP minister said the builders’ lobby worked against the secular forces.

The BJP wave swept away heavyweights like Union ministers Sushilkumar Shinde and Praful Patel, and state PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal. AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik and social welfare minister Shiva-jirao Moghe were also defeated.