Rajendra Gavit from Bharatiya Janata Party won the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll by 29,572 votes, defeats Shiv Sena’s Shriniwas Wanga in Maharashtra and Nationalist Congress Party-Congress candidate Madhukar Kukde emerged victorious in the parliamentary constituency of Bhandara-Gondiya, the results for which were announced on Thursday.
After the death of sitting of parliament Chitaman Wanaga in Palghar, the bypoll in Palghar was necessitated, where the fight was multi-cornered with the BJP, Shiv Sena and local outfit Bahujan Vikas Aghadi in the fray.
There was a direct fight between the BJP and NCP in Bhandara-Gondiya, where the bypolls were held after Nana Patole resigned as the member of Parliament. Both the seats were held by the BJP.