Baramati Election Result 2024 Highlights: Ajit Pawar on cusp of winning battle against nephew Yugendra Pawar by landslide margin

Ajit Pawar on cusp of winning battle against nephew Yugendra Pawar by landslide margin.

NCP's Ajit Pawar is leading with almost 1 lakh votes.

NCP SP candidate and Ajit Pawar’s nephew Yugendra Pawar trailing

After 18 rounds, Ajit Pawar races by 93,428 votes

NCP SP candidate and Ajit Pawar’s nephew Yugendra Pawar trailing

After 17 rounds, Ajit Pawar races ahead by 89,110 votes

NCP SP candidate and Ajit Pawar's nephew Yugendra Pawar trailing

After 16 rounds, Ajit Pawar races ahead of nephew Yugendra Pawar by 82,505 votes

After 15 rounds, Ajit Pawar races ahead by 76,909 votes

NCP SP candidate Yugendra Pawar trailing

After 13 rounds, Ajit Pawar races ahead of nephew Yugendra Pawar by 67,272 votes

After 12 rounds, Ajit Pawar maintains lead by 60,636 votes

NCP SP candidate Yugendra Pawar trailing

After 11 rounds, Ajit Pawar races ahead of nephew Yugendra Pawar by 53,502 votes

After 10 rounds, Ajit Pawar races ahead of nephew Yugendra Pawar by 49,460 votes

After 9 rounds, Ajit Pawar ahead by 43,619 votes

NCP SP candidate Yugendra Pawar trailing

Ajit Pawar ahead with 34,118 votes

NCP SP candidate Yugendra Pawar trailing

After 6 rounds, Ajit Pawar ahead of nephew Yugendra Pawar by 27,788 votes

At 11am, after 5 rounds, Ajit Pawar maintains lead

Yugendra Pawar trails

Trends show Ajit Pawar ahead by 21,665 votes in Baramati

Nephew Yugendra Pawar trails

Maharashtra Deputy CM and NCP chief Ajit Pawar leading by 3,759 votes in Baramati assembly seat at the end of first round.

Ajit Pawar maintains lead

NCP SP candidate Yugendra Pawar trails

Counting of votes underway in Baramati

Early trends show Ajit Pawar in lead with 3,623 votes

NCP-SP candidiate Yugendra Pawar trails

After early trends show Yugendra Pawar in lead, now after 8:30 am, Ajit Pawar is in lead.

Counting of votes underway

Very early trends show NCP candidate Yugendra Pawar in lead

A close contest underway between Nationalist Congress Party (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar

Counting of votes begin in Baramati constituency assembly

In the Baramati Assembly constituency, all eyes are on a much-anticipated contested between Nationalist Congress Party (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.

NCP candidate and Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said the people of Baramati are wise, and he has faith in them.

"By November 23 (the counting day), a clear picture will emerge. For the past seven to eight elections, the people of Baramati have consistently supported me, first as a Member of Parliament and later as MLA. I have faithfully carried out my duties as a public representative,” the deputy CM added.

The issue of unemployment is dominating the poll discourse in the high-stakes constituency.

Yugendra, in his interview mentioned:" Unemployment is a pressing issue. We will have to create an environment that catalyses the shift of new industries to Baramati. This will provide jobs to the youth. The Hinjewadi IT Park (in Pune) was set up by Pawar saheb. We want to set up an IT park in Baramati on the lines of Hinjewadi."

He added, "Our Vidya Pratishthan is launching the first AI college in India—the Centre for Excellence in AI. In Baramati, we have many software developers, computer engineers and computer scientists. We will create an ecosystem for them in the form of an IT park."

In a recent interview, Yugendra Pawar said his polite and humble behaviour (Ajit ‘Dada’ has a reputation for being gruff) is a plus point in this electoral battle.

The biggest asset in the contest, he says, is the presence of Sharad Pawar on his side.  For, as Yugendra claims, the people of Baramati will always stand by ‘Pawar saheb’.

The Baramati constituency is located in the Pune district, which has 8647172 registered voters, including 4491068 male voters, 4155330 female voters, and 774 third gender voters.

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said Baramati needs a young generation MLA, an an election rally earlier this week.

Sharad Pawar did not make any open appeal to the Baramati voters to defeat his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar, who snapped political ties with his uncle and joined the Shiv Sena-BJP government in July 2023 along with MLAs supporting him.

Baramati has been synonymous with the Pawar family for an unbroken 57 years.

Until 1991, Sharad Pawar himself served as the MLA for the constituency.

After transitioning to national politics, he passed the mantle to Ajit Pawar, who has since won seven consecutive assembly elections. The forthcoming verdict will not only decide the victor but also reshape the legacy of a political dynasty that has been intertwined with Baramati’s identity for decades.

Baramati finds itself in the throes of yet another Pawar-versus-Pawar showdown.

During the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Baramati witnessed a high-stakes clash between Sharad Pawar's daughter, Supriya Sule, the sitting MP, and Ajit Pawar's wife, Sunetra. Despite a spirited campaign, Sunetra faced defeat as Supriya secured her fourth consecutive term.