BIG winners and losers in Maharashtra, Jharkhand

by · Rediff

As the verdict for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections is out, here is how some of the big faces fared in the contest.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde wins his Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly seat by 1.20 lakh votes.

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis wins from Nagpur South West constituency by 30,710 votes.

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar wins his traditional Baramati constituency by defeating his nephew and NCP-SP candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than 1 lakh votes.

Shiv Sena-UBT leader and sitting MLA Aaditya Thackeray wins Worli assembly seat in Mumbai, defeating Shiv Sena's Milind Deora.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren wins from Barhait assembly constituency by 39,791 votes.

JMM leader and Chief Minister Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana Soren wins in Gandey constituency.

Jharkhand BJP chief Babulal Marandi wins Dhanwar constituency by over 35,000 votes.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray's son Amit finishes third in Mahim assembly seat.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole wins Sakoli assembly seat by a slender margin of 208 votes.

NCP leader Nawab Malik loses from Mumbai's Mankhurd-Shivajinagar constituency. Samajwadi Party's Abu Asim Azmi wins the seat while Malik finished fourth.

Sana Malik, NCP leader Nawab Malik's daughter and party candidate from Anushakti Nagar in Mumbai, wins, defeating NCP's Fahad Ahmad by 3,378 votes.