Congress-NCP (SP) alliance wins Sangli district bank; BJP leads in Satara

Results have been declared in the elections to the Satara, Sangli and Ahilyanagar district central cooperative banks, considered important in Maharashtra's cooperative sector. Different parties and alliances made their mark in the three districts.

In the Satara district bank, the BJP won nine seats and emerged as the largest party. BJP candidates including Sarjerao Sawant, Jaykumar Gore, Dnyandev Ranjane and Arjun Kale won. Atul Bhosale, Somnath Dhumal and Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar had already been elected unopposed. Guardian Minister Shambhuraj Desai won from Patan. In the Jawali constituency, a supporter of MLA Shivendrasinhraje Bhosale won. Jaykumar Gore recorded a big win in the Man constituency, polling 53 votes.

In Sangli, the alliance of the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) won 11 seats and crossed the majority mark. Six Congress and five NCP directors were elected. Of the bank's 21 seats, 11 are now with this alliance. The BJP got five seats, the Shinde Shiv Sena three and the Ajit Pawar faction one. Independent Sanjaykaka Patil also won. In Tasgaon, former MLA Sumantai Patil lost by just one vote. BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar won from Jat by 20 votes. After the results, Padalkar and Ajitrao Ghorpade targeted Jayant Patil, raising political tension in the district.

In Ahilyanagar, the Vikhe-Thorat Sahakari Vikas Panel won seven of the ten seats declared. The prestige of several senior leaders was at stake in the election. In the Parner service cooperative society constituency, MP Nilesh Lanke defeated a candidate backed by Vikhe. According to the result details, he beat BJP-backed Rahul Shinde, polling 64 votes.