Maharashtra MLC Election 2022 latest updates: Big setback to Congress as former Mumbai Mayor Chandrakant Handore loses

Eleven candidates are in fray for ten seats in the biennial Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections to be held on June 20, setting up for a close fight between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance’s Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the tenth seat.

As MVA, BJP pray for 'political miracle', MLC polling begins

Polling for the biennial elections to 10 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council started with both the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi and Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party praying for a 'political miracle' for the one crucial seat on which there's a main contest among 11 candidates, here on Monday.

MLC polls: As of 10 am, 68 MLAs have cast their vote

Shiv Sena legislators reach Vidhan Bhavan to cast their votes in state council election

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray arrives at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai on day of MLC elections

MLC Polls: BJP MLA Laxman Jagtap leaves for Mumbai in wheelchair

Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh move Supreme Court challenging Bombay High Court order rejecting their pleas to vote in MLC elections

BJP MLA Mukta Tilak arrives at Vidhan Bhavan to cast vote

Notably, Mukta is a cancer survivor. She has been elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth in the 2019 state elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Minister Aaditya Thackeray arrives at Vidhan Bhavan with Shiv Sena MLAs

Shiv Sena's strategy for the MLC elections is based on 5 regions of Maharashtra. Shiv Sena MLAs will vote in 5 groups

5 teams each representing Konkan, Western Maharashtra, Marathawada, North Maharashtra and Vidarbha have been constituted

MLC polls: Mahavikas Aghadi is in the lead, Congress demands 4 first-choice votes from Shiv Sena

MLC polls: So far,156 MLAs have cast their vote

MLC polls: BJP MLAs' bus leaves for Vidhan Bhavan

MLC polls: Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde casts vote

MLC polls: Shiv Sena MLA Mahendra Dalvi casts vote

MLC polls: Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil casts vote

MLC polls: 203 MLAs have cast their vote so far

BJP MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule meets Ajit Pawar 

There was a meeting held between Ajit Pawar, Chandrasekhar Bavankule and Eknath Khadse.

Voting of all Congress MLAs is complete, while voting of two NCP MLAs is pending

MLC polls: 246 MLAs have cast their vote so far

Polling started on a brisk note with over 246 MLAs across party lines casting their votes under the eagle eyes of their respective polling agents by 1 p.m.

MLC polls: 275 MLAs have cast their votes till 2 pm, 10 remaining

Anil Deshmukh, Nawab Malik's petition to be heard soon in court

All 6 MVA candidates will win Maharashtra MLC polls: Sanjay Raut

As voting was underway on Monday for the elections to 10 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut expressed confidence that all six nominees of the ruling allies will win the polls.

All top leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA-comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress), including Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Congress leaders Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Mallikarjun Kharge, were holding discussions with each other over the polls, Raut told reporters.

MLC polls: 275 MLAs have cast their vote till 3 pm

Supreme Court declines to permit Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and cabinet minister Nawab Malik a temporary release to cast vote in the MLC polls today. Deshmukh and Malik are in judicial custody.

Maharashtra MLC election | The counting of votes is underway, we expect the results to be out in the next 2 hours. All the 6 candidates from Maha Vikas Aghadi are going to win: Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat, in Mumbai

Fate of 10 nominees in state Council poll will be decided by 283 who cast votes after two votes were declared invalid due to overwriting

BJP is approaching Election Commission against Returning Officer's ruling to declare one vote cast to its nominee Uma Khapre invalid

NCP and BJP to appeal to Central Election Commission against the decision of disqualification of votes, counting of votes will be delayed

First results in: BJP's Ram Shinde and NCP's Eknath Khadse have won in MLC polls 

Shiv Sena's Sachin Ahir, Amshya Padvi, NCP's Eknath Khadse, BJP's Pravin Darekar, Shrikant Bharatiya, Uma Khapre, Ram Shinde declared victorious. NCP's Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar wins.

BJP bags five seats 

Congress's Bhai Jagtap has got the 20 votes of first preference while BJP nominee Prasad Lad has got 17 votes in biennial elections of Maharashtra state legislative council.

Three Congress MLAs cross voted in biennial elections of Maharashtra state legislative council.

Winner in first round NCP - Eknath Khadse NCP - Ramraje Nimbalakar BJP - Prof Ram Shinde BJP - Pravin Darekar BJP - Uma Khapare BJP - Shrikant Bharatiya Shiv Sena - Sachin Ahir Shiv Sena - Amasha Padvi

In all, 11 candidates are in the fray - five of the BJP and two each of the Maha Vikas Aghadi allies, the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress.

Big setback to Congress as former Mumbai Mayor Chandrakant Handore loses. Bhai Jagtap wins. 

BJP's Prasad Lad has won

Full list of winners

NCP - Eknath Khadse

NCP - Ramraje Nimbalakar

BJP - Prof Ram Shinde

BJP - Pravin Darekar

BJP - Uma Khapare

BJP - Shrikant Bharatiya

BJP - Prasad Lad

Shiv Sena - Sachin Ahir

Shiv Sena - Amasha Padvi

Congress - Bhai Jagtap