Ajit Pawar defeated his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who was endorsed by 83-year-old Sharad Pawar, by a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

Mumbai: The Ajit Pawar-led NCP has defeated the NCP (SP) headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar in 29 seats in the contest between the two rival factions in the Maharashtra assembly elections.The

MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar's self-proclaimed swansong in electoral politics ended in a damp squib with his nephew's NCP winning more than 4x the seats that his own party could muster. In retaliation for Ajit's decision to field his wife against Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule,

The 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections have delivered a crushing blow to Sharad Pawar, as his party - the NCP - registers its worst-ever performance.

In the bout between the two NCP outfits, seen as a contest between Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar, the latter stole the show, winning 29 seats in the Maharashtra assembly elections

The results settled the debate over which NCP faction wields greater electoral clout after the erstwhile party split in July last year

NCP leader Ajit Pawar leads in Baramati constituency, Maharashtra, with a significant margin over his nephew Yugendra Pawar.

The Ambegaon Assembly seat is one of the 21 assembly seats in the Pune district of Maharashtra. Voting for the Ambegaon seat was held on November 20. The Ambegaon assembly seat has been an NCP stronghold since the 2014 election.

PUNE: The passage of time seemed momentarily suspended at Bhigwan Chowk, Baramati's political epicentre as the constituency stepped into a new chapter on Saturday, with Tennyson's words echoing powerfully: "The old order changeth,