Raj's party storms Panchavati area

NASHIK: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) emerged as the single largest party in the Panchavati division. Of 24 seats, the MNS won seven, while the BJP won six seats. The NCP and the Congress won five and two seats, respectively, while the Shiv Sena could manage only one. The counting of votes for 22 seats in Panchavati Divison of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) was held on Friday.The MNS, which had won only one seat in the 2007 elections, won seven seats this time. In ward 7 (B), MNS candidate Ashok Murtadak defeated Shiv Sena's Sanjay Bagul by 128 votes. Murtadak received 6,047 votes, while Sanjay Bagul got 5,919 votes.In ward 9 (A), MNS candidate Vishal Gholap defeated his rival Balasaheb Kardak (NCP) by 54 votes. Gholap and Kardak received 2,793 and 2,739 votes, respectively. In ward 1 (A), MNS candidate Ganesh Chavan defeated the PWP candidate Akshay Damase by 2,346 votes. Chavan received 4,984 votes, while Damase got 2,638 votes. In ward 1 (B), MNS candidate Meena Malode defeated PWP's Pushpa Shinde by 771 votes. Malode got 4,233 votes, while Pushpa Shide got 3,462 votes. The other MNS winners from Panchavati include Ruchi Kumbharkar (ward 3 B), Rahul Dhikale (12 A) and Lata Tile (12 B).The NCP won five seats in Panchavati division. In the 2007 elections, the party had won three seats. In ward 9 (B), NCP candidate Kavita Kardak defeated MNS's Sarika Bhavar by 2,050 votes. Kardak and Bhavar got 3,898 and 1,848 votes, respectively. In ward 10 (A), NCP candidate Samadhan Jadhav defeated Shiv Sena's Bhagawan Bhoge by 1,768 votes. Jadhav received 3,863 votes, while Bhagawan Bhoge got 2,095 votes. In ward 10 (B), NCP candidate Rupali Gavand defeated Shiv Sena's Reema Bhoge by 1,453 votes. Gavand got 3,437 votes, while Reema Bhoge got 1,984 votes.In ward 2 (A), NCP candidate Sunita Nimse defeated MNS's Gangubai Malode by 1,930 votes. Nimse and Malode received 5,225 and 3,295 votes, respectively. In ward 3 (A), NCP candidate Sunita Shinde emerged victorious.The Shiv Sena, which had won three seats in the 2007 elections, could win only one seat this time around. In ward 7 (A), Shiv Sena candidate Manisha Hekare defeated MNS's Lankabai Shinde by 147 votes. Hekare received 4,276 votes, while Shinde got 4,129 votes.Congress won two seats in Panchavati division. In the 2007 elections, the Congress had won four seats. In ward 8 (A), Congress candidate Vimal Patil defeated MNS' Anita Darade by 2,816 votes. Vimal Patil got 4,656 votes, while Anita Darade received 1,840 votes. In ward 2 (B), Sunita Shinde emerged victorious. The BJP won 4 seats in Panchavati division, against 6 seats in 2007 elections.The Four BJP candidates, who emerged victorious in the division, are Jyoti Gangurde (ward 11 A), Balasaheb Sanap (ward 11 B), Parsharam Waghere (ward 4 A) and Phulawati Bodke (ward 4 B), Ranjana Bhanasi (ward 5 A), Shalini Pawar (ward 5 B).Rebel Gurumit Bagga, denied a ticket by the Congress, which fielded Dinesh Bacchav, emerged victorious in ward 8 (B). The outgoing corporators, who were defeated in the elections include Sanjay Bagul (Shiv Sena), Anant Suryavashi (MNS), Ashok Burunge (Congress), Gotiram Varghade (Shiv Sena), Sharad Koshire (NCP), Reema Bhoge (Shiv Sena), Bhagawan Bhoge (Shiv Sena).Of the 24 seats in Panchavati division, NCP and the Congress contested 14 and 9 seats, respectively. The BJP is contested 20 seats, while the Shiv Sena had fielded its candidates on 22 seats and its ally RPI on one seat. MNS contested 23 seats, while PWP and BSP contested two seats each. Total of 145 candidates, including 45 independents contested the elections in Panchavati divison. In the 2007 elections, 21 corporators from Panchavati division were elected to NMC House, including 6 from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 3 from Shiv Sena, 4 from Congress, 3 from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and one each from Lok Janshakti Party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), Peasant Workers Party (PWP), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and one Independent.