Sena Vs Sena: Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena Knocks Out Uddhav Thackeray-Led Front In 36 Seats

The vote share of the Shinde Sena was 12.38 per cent after it won 57 of the 81 seats it contested, while the vote share of Uddhav's Sena was 9.96 per cent.

Two years after a rebellion in Bal Thackeray's Shiv Sena and a fight over the 'bow-and-arrow' symbol, Eknath Shinde-led Sena knocked out Uddhav Thackeray-led front in 36 assembly seats in Maharashtra. Shinde rebelled against Uddhav in June 2022 and aligned with the BJP to become the chief minister. Subsequently, Shinde got the party name and its ‘bow-and-arrow’ symbol from the Election Commission.

In the assembly elections, the vote share of the Shinde Sena was 12.38 per cent after it won 57 of the 81 seats it contested. The vote share of Uddhav's Sena was 9.96 per cent as it managed to bag only 20 despite fielding 95 candidates. However, it defeated Shinde Sena leaders in 14 seats.

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance retained power by winning 230 of the 288 assembly seats, as the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream of wresting power fizzled. The opposition combine managed to get just 46 seats. The Election Commission announced that the BJP has won 132 seats, the Shiv Sena won 57, while the NCP got 41 seats.

In the MVA, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidates won 10 seats, Congress won 16, while Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) won 20 seats. These are the Shinde Sena leaders who defeated the Uddhav faction's leaders. 

Shinde Sena Vanquish Uddhav-Backed Leaders

Chandrakant Sonawane replaced his wife and sitting MLA Lata Sonawane and defeated Prabhakar Sonawane of Sena UBT in Chopda, while Kishore Patil won against Vaishali Suryavanshi in Pachora, Sanjay Gaikwad defeated Jayshree Shelke in Buldhana, Ashish Jaiswal beat Vishal Barbate in Ramtek seat, and Sanjana Jadhav trounced Udaysing Rajput in Kannad.

Sanjay Bangar emerged victorious against Santosh Tarfe in Kalamnuri, Minister Abdul Sattar defeated Suresh Bankar in Sillod, Pradeep Jaiswal, who fought against Balasaheb Thorat, was the winner in Aurangabad Central. Sanjay Shirsat beat Raju Shinde in Aurangabad West seat, while Vilas Bhumre came on top in his fight against Dattatrey Gorde in Paithan. In Vaijapur, Ramesh Bornare was the top vote-getter, relegating Dinesh Pardeshi to the second position.

Suhas Kande defeated Ganesh Dhatrak in Nandgaon, Dada Bhuse defeated Prashant Hiray in Malegaon outer. In the tribal-dominated Palghar constituency, Rajendra Gavit beat Jayendra Dubla, while Vilas Tare defeated Vishwas Valvi in Boisar. In Bhiwandi rural of Thane district, where Eknath Shinde holds sway, Shantaram More of his party defeated Uddhav's Mahadev Ghatal.

Vishwas Bhoir won against Sachin Basare in Kalyan West, while Pratap Sarnaik defeated Naresh Manera in Ovla Majiwada in Thane city. In Ambernath, Balaji Kinikar was the winner against Rajendra Wankhede. Rajesh More defeated Subhash Bhoir in Kalyan Rural. Shinde himself registered a massive victory in his Kopri-Pachpakhadi, defeating Kedar Dighe with a margin of 1.2 lakh votes.

Prakash Surve trounced Udesh Patekar In Magathane, while Ashok Patil vanquished Ramesh Korgaonkar in Bhandup West. Murji Patel, who had earlier lost to Rutuja Latke in Andheri East, bounced back as the winner. Tukaram Kate defeated Prakash Phaterpekar in Chembur. Both Latke and Phatarpekar were sitting MLAs who had stayed with Uddhav.

In Kurla, Mangesh Kudalkar beat Pravina Morajkar, while Mahendra Thorve defeated Nitin Sawant in Karjat. Bharat Gogawale got more votes than Snehal Jagtap to bag the Mahad seat. In Nevasa, Vithal Langhe defeated Yashwant Gadakh, the sitting MLA. Shambhuraj Desai trounced Bhanupratap Kadam in Patan. In coastal Dapoli, Yogesh Kadam defeated Sanjay Kadam.