Congress candidate Abhijeet (Abhijeet) Wanjarri wins the Nagpur Division graduates’ constituency seat in Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, defeating BJP’s Sudhakar Kohale after vote counting that runs for more than 40 hours. Multiple outlets say Wanjarri’s final tally is 67,231 votes, compared with Kohale’s 63,960, for a margin of 3,271.
The result is also presented as part of a wider political contest over the Legislative Council polls in which the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) wins three of five contested seats, while the ruling Mahayuti alliance wins two. Some reporting connects the Nagpur win to BJP’s broader setbacks and to internal strains within Mahayuti, including disputes over ally coordination and candidate support.
Across outlets, the main differing emphasis is on why the Congress candidate won: some highlight the role of second-preference transfers under the election’s preference system, while others focus more on the significance of defeating the BJP in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s Nagpur base. Separately, Free Press Journal places the Nagpur result within a broader exchange between Congress and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over legislative council election performance.
