gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (06/16/91)
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From Dr.S.Ramani
National Centre for Software Technology,
Gulmohar Cross Road No 9, Juhu, Bombay 400 049 INDIA
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state: Maharashtra
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Constituency: satara
status: pratap bhosale (inc) beats Hindurao Nimbalkar
(Shiv Sena) by 1,59,212 votes.
New Delhi,June16 (PTI ) Congress(I) won 21 of the 25 Lok
Sabha constituencies where results were declared till late
this evening and led in 186 of 374 seats for which trends were
available but the party's good showing in Madhya
Pradesh,Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu was not not matched in the
crucial states of up and bihar.
The party won six seats in each in Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra, three seats in Karnataka,two in Gujarat and one
each in lakshadweep ,andamans ,Rajasthan and tripura .
The BJP which went all out to capture power at the
centre this time,won two seats in Rajasthan and one each in
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
While Congress(I) and its allies had established leads
in all the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu,the party was way behind the
BJP and the Janata Dal in Uttar Pradesh and bihar.
In Uttar Pradesh,the party was in the third position
leading in just three seats out of 35 for which trends were
available with BJP ahead iN 17 and Janata Dal in 12.
In BiharJanata Dal and its allies were ahead in 20 out
of 28 Lok Sabha constituencies . The BJP was leading in five
and Congress(I) in three.
.Bombay
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Bombay, June 16 :PTI: the Congress-iwrested the
opposition held Rajapur seat in konkan and retained four more
seats--three in western Maharashtra and one in konkan.
The major upset for the Janata Dal was the defeat of
veteran parliamentarian and former union finance minister,
prof Madhu Dandavate at the hands of a retired army major
Sudhir Sawant who is making a debut in the Lok Sabha.
The other gains of the Congress-iwere in inchalkaranji,
Khed and satara in western Maharashtra and Ratnagiri in konkan
where the party's nominees were re-elected.
According to resports reaching the state headquarters,
the Congress-icandidates were leading in 23 more
constituencies, the BJP and ShivSena in three constituencies
each and CPI in one constituency.
All India party position 2000hrs
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total no of seats 543
seats for which
counting began 511
results announced 25
Congress-I 21
BJP 4
(leading)
Congress-I 186
BJP 82
JD 35
official information received here said that the
Janata Dal leader, Mr Ajit Singh had established a lead of
over 68594 votes over the Congress(I) candidate, Mr Zile Singh
in baghpat after the fourth round of counting.
While Mr v p Singh was ahead of his BJP rival Dr vajai
sachan by 11071 votes after the first round of counting in
fatehpur, Mr inDrajit gupta was laeding over the Cong-i
candidate, Mr BirenDra bijoy Maladev by 717 votes in midnapore
after the first round.
Mr L K Advani was in a sound position in GandhiNagar
having established a margin of 52596 votes over his Cong-i
rival Mr g i patel after the 7th round of counting. Mr
Vajpayee was also ahead of Congress-icandidate, Mr
pratapbhanu sharma by 50295 in vidisha after the 6th round of
counting.
In the nainital Lok Sabha seat, Mr balraj puri of BJP
was ahead of Mr n d tiwari by 1202 votes after the third round
of counting.
For wardha Lok Sabha seat in maharastra, Mr vasant sathe
was trailing behind Mr Gangare ramaChanDra marotRao of CPM by
11226 votes after the third round of counting.
While Mr a b a ghani khan Choudhury Was down by 2026
votes against Mr sailen sarkar of CPM after the first round in
malda, Mr k p Unnikrishnan of the Congress-s was trailing
behind an independent candidate by 4459 votes after the fifth
round in the badagara Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.
.Bhopal
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state : Madhya Pradesh
constituency : chhindwara
status : Mr kamalnath (inc) beats Chudhary Chandrabhan
Singh (BJP) by 79632 votes
Newdel
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Among the prominent losers were senior JD leader and
former union finance minister, prof Madhu Dandavate and the
former Rajasthan Chief minister,Mr.Jagannath pahadia.
Prof.Dandavate failed in his bid to bag the Rajapur Lok
Sabha seat for the seventh successive time and came a poor
third behind Mr.Sudhir Sawant of Congress(I) who wrested the
seat from him and Mr.WamanRao mahadik of Shiv Sena.
Mr.Pahadia lost the bayana Lok Sabha seat to mr.Ganga
ram of BJP.
The prominent winners included Mr.P.M.Sayeed who won the
lakshadweep for the seventh time and telestar Deepika
Chikhalia ,the BJP candidate from Baroda.
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