Amravati, Oct 28 Shiv Sena’s Kiran Sarnaik, the candidate of the ruling Mahayuti, on Wednesday won the Amravati Teachers’ constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections.
Sarnaik got 16,663 votes against the winning quota of 16,134, officials said.
His nearest rivals were Congress’s Aditi Pohre and Sena rebel Shrikant Deshpande. Pohre stood in the second place.
Workers of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena celebrated Sarnaik’s victory in the city.
Polling for the Pune Graduates’, Nagpur Graduates’, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Graduates’, Pune Teachers’ and Amravati Teachers’ constituencies took place on October 23.
(PTI News)
