Dadra : Shiv Sena Won both the Gram Panchayat Bypolls in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. This is the first win of Shiv Sena outside Maharashtra. Shiv Sena candidate Kalaben Delkar, the wife of former MP Mohan Delkar who had allegedly died by suicide, took a lead of over 13,000 votes after eleven rounds of counting for by-election to the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat. The counting of votes commenced here at 8.30 am on Tuesday.
After the completion of eleven rounds, Kalaben Delkar was leading by 12,932 votes. She has so far received 42,002 votes, her close rival, BJP candidate Mahesh Gavit, garnered 7,418 votes, while BJP’s Mahesh Gavit received 29,070 votes. Voting for the seat, which is part of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, took place on October 30.
The by-election was necessitated due to the death of sitting MP Mohan Delkar, an independent. Mohan Delkar, who had won the 2019 election by defeating the then sitting BJP MP Natubhai Patel by a thin margin of 9,001 votes, allegedly hanged himself at a Mumbai hotel on February 22, 2021. He had been a member of both the Congress and the BJP at different times of his political career.
He was elected seven times to the Lok Sabha from Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In 2019, he won the seat as an independent.
While Raghubhai Dhodiya won by a margin of 82 votes from Kocha gram panchayat, Vijaybhai Kinary won by 117 votes from the Galonda seat, showed the results on Monday. The results come a day ahead of the outcome of the by-election to the DNH lok sabha seat, to be announced Tuesday.
“All the credit goes to Mohanbhai Delkar who had sacrificed his life for the people of the territory. By electing us, the voters have condoled Mohanbhai’s death. This is the first time the Shiv Sena candidates have won elections to both the seats,” said Dhodiya. Mohan Delkar’s widow and the Shiv Sena candidate in the DNH Lok Sabha bypolls, Kalaben, and her son Abhinav congratulated the candidates.
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