In a closely contested battle in the Karjat Jamkhed constituency, Rohit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharad Pawar faction (NCP-SP) emerged victorious, securing 127,676 votes.
He defeated Professor Ram Shankar Shinde of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who garnered 126,433 votes. Pawar won by a narrow margin of 1,243 votes.
Sitting MLA Pawar was pitted against BJP leader and former state minister Ram Shinde in Karjat-Jamkhed in Ahilyanagar (formerly Ahmednagar) district, about 120 kilometers from Pune.
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Maharashtra Assembly polls were held on Wednesday, while results were counted today. In 2019, Pawar's victory was marked by a significant lead of 43,003 votes.