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NEW DELHI: Nagpur South West constituency has been a consistent stronghold for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis being the dominant candidate in the recent elections. Also See: Election Results 2024 In the 2019 elections, Fadnavis secured 109,237 votes, easily defeating Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Dr. Ashish Deshmukh, who garnered 59,893 votes.
Fadnavis’s victory margin was a significant 49,344 votes, underscoring his strong political base in the region. Also See: Maharashtra Election Results Similarly, in 2014, Fadnavis once again claimed victory with 113,918 votes, surpassing INC's Prafulla Vinod Gudadhe (Patil), who secured 54,976 votes. The margin of victory was a large 58,942 votes, solidifying BJP’s influence in Nagpur South West.
In the 2009 elections, Fadnavis emerged victorious with 89,258 votes, defeating Vikas Pandurang Thakre of INC by a margin of 27,775 votes. This election marked the beginning of Fadnavis’s dominance in the constituency, a trend that continued in subsequent elections. Overall, Nagpur South West has been a BJP-dominated constituency, with Devendra Fadnavis consistently winning by large margins in the last three election cycles.
The counting of votes will take place on November 23, 2024. In this year's election, the Mahayuti alliance comprising of BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP have selected Suvarna Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis while Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) of Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP) have selected Prafulla Vinodrao Gudadhe..
