Five sitting MLAs make it to 16th LS from Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Five sitting MLAs from Maharashtra, including former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, have made it to the 16th Lok Sabha from the state, which sends 48 members, the highest after Uttar Pradesh.

Chavan, who is the sitting MLA from Bhokar Assembly segment, was the only solace for the Congress, which faced an unprecedented defeat in the state, considered a Congress bastion winning his Nanded seat by a margin of 81,455 votes.

Nana Patole of BJP, who defeated NCP strongman Praful Patel from Bhandara-Gondiya parliamentary constituency, is an MLA from Sakoli.

Chintaman Wanga of BJP, who won the Palghar Lok Sabha seat is a sitting MLA from Vikramgad. Youth Congress chief Rajeev Satav, who scrapped through the Lok Sabha poll from Hingoli is a sitting legislator from Kalanuri.

BJP's Gopal Shetty, who won Mumbai North Lok Sabha, is sitting MLA from Borivali.

However, the sitting legislators and ministers who lost are Chhagan Bhujbal (NCP) from Nashik, Suresh Dhas (NCP) from Beed, Sunil Tatkare (NCP) from Raigad, Shivajirao Moghe (Congress) from Yavatmal and Sanjay Deotale (Congress) from Chandrapur.

NCP stalwart Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, who won in Maadha is a sitting MLC.

Former Maharashtra legislators who won are Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur), Arvind Sawant (Mumbai South), Gajanan Kirtikar (Mumbai North West), Ashok Nete (Gadchiroli) and Sanjay Patil (Sangli).

Chintaman Wanga of BJP defeated sitting MP Baliram Jadhav from Palghar by a margin of over 2.39 lakh votes.

Ashok Nete, a former MLA of BJP wrested the Gadchiroli-Chimur seat from Congress, which had replaced its sitting MP Marotrao Kowase with sitting legislator Namdeo Usendi.

Sanjay Jadhav of Shiv Sena won the Parbhani seat against NCP's Vijay Bhambale by a margin of over.127 lakh votes.

Rahul Shewale of Shiv Sena, who defeated two-time MP Eknath Gaikwad of Congress from Mumbai South central is the standing committee chairman of Mumbai civic body.

Other newcomers are Arvind Sawant (Mumbai South) of Shiv Sena, Gopal Shetty (Mumbai North) of BJP, Shrirang Bharne (Maval) of Shiv Sena, Anil Shirole (Pune) of BJP, Sadashiv Lokhande (Shirdi) of Shiv Sena, Ravindra Gaikwad (Osmanabad) of Shiv Sena, Sunil Gaikwad (Latur) and Sharad Bansode (Solapur) both BJP candidates winning by more than 2 lakh votes.

Sangli strongman Sanjay Patil, who was NCP MLC, is an arch rival of state home minister R R Patil in Sangli. Sanjay Patil trounced Pratik Patil of Congress winning by over 2.30 lakh votes.

Vinayak Raut, former MLA from Vile Parle and a sitting MLC, trounced Nilesh Rane, son of Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane, by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.

Dhananjay Mahadik of NCP is another newcomer defeating Shiv Sena's Sanjay Mahadik in Kolhapur by over 30,000 votes.

Subhash Bhamre of BJP defeated Congress leader Amrish Patel in Dhule by a margin of over 1.30 lakh votes, considered a favourite this time.

Rajeev Satav of Congress is another newcomer from Hingoli.

Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, former Deputy CM, is another new entrant in the Lok Sabha, winning from Maadha constituency by a margin of over 2.53 lakh votes.

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan (Congress) and Kirit Somaiya (BJP) have been MPs earlier.