The Baramati Assembly constituency, one of the most high-profile seats, has been a bastion of the Pawar family for the past several decades. However, it is witnessing an unprecedented poll battle in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar pitted against his nephew Yugendra Pawar.
As of 10:50 am on November 23, Ajit Pawar was leading with a margin of 15,382 votes, at the end of four rounds of counting, according to the latest data from the Election Commission. You can track the live updates here.
Candidates List
A total of 23 candidates are in the fray for the Baramati seat in the 2024 polls. Here’s a complete list of all the candidates, the vote margin will be updated as data from the Election Commission trickles in:
| Candidate Names | Party | Vote margin |
| Ajit Pawar | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | |
| Yugendra Pawar | Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar | |
| Chandrakant Kharat | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | |
| Anurag Khalate | Bharatiya Praja Surajya Paksha | |
| Chopade Maruti | Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | |
| Mangaldas Nikalje | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | |
| Vinod Jagtap | Sambhaji Brigade Party | |
| Soyal Shaikh | Samata Party | |
| Abdulrauf Mulani | Independent | |
| Abhijit Kamble | Independent | |
| Dr Abhijeet Awade-Buchukale | Independent | |
| Amol Choudhary | Independent | |
| Amol Agawane | Independent | |
| Er Kalyan Waghmode | Independent | |
| Kaushalya Bhandalkar | Independent | |
| Seema Chopade | Independent | |
| Mithun Atole | Independent | |
| Vikram Kokare | Independent | |
| Shivaji Kokare | Independent | |
| Sachin Agawane | Independent | |
| Savita Shinde | Independent | |
| Santosh Kamble | Independent | |
| Sambhaji Holkar | Independent |
Ajit Pawar, who secured a win from the Baramati seat in the previously held seven Assembly elections, is eying an eighth consecutive term from here. He took over the reins of the family stronghold from his uncle Sharad Pawar.
Although he majorly followed his uncle in politics, Ajit parted ways with him in July last year and joined the ruling Mahayuti, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Ajit Pawar’s rebellion led to a split in NCP, with him taking control of the party as well as its iconic clock symbol, while Sharad Pawar settled with NCP (SP).
The NCP (SP) has fielded Yugendra Pawar, the son of Ajit Pawar’s brother Shrinivas Pawar.
This comes months after the Baramati parliamentary constituency witnessed Ajit Pawar fielding his wife Sunetra Pawar against Supriya Sule, daughter of Sharad Pawar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Sule ultimately defeated Sunetra Pawar by more than 1.58 lakh votes.
During the last Assembly election in 2019, the BJP bagged the maximum, 105 out of 288 seats, while the then undivided Shiv Sena received 56 seats. The Congress and NCP got 44 and 54 seats.
After the fallout of the BJP and Shiv Sena alliance over the issue of the Chief Minister’s post, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was formed and Uddhav Thackeray took charge. However, the government did not last long as the Eknath Shinde-led camp rebelled against the Shiv Sena in June 2022, resulting in a split in the party.
Baramati: Polling Date
The 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election started on November 20. Votes will be counted on November 23. All the 288 seats in the state, including Baramati, are voting in a single phase.
2019 result
In 2019, NCP’s Ajit Pawar registered a historic win from Baramati, defeating then-BJP candidate Gopichand Padalkar by 1,65,265 votes.
| Candidate Names | Party | Votes |
| Ajit Pawar | NCP | 1,95,641 (83.24%) |
| Gopichand Padalkar | BJP | 30,376 (12.92) |
| Gophane Shahji | VBA | 3,111 (1.32%) |
| NOTA | – | 1,579 (0.67%) |
(Edited by : Sriram Iyer)
First Published: Nov 23, 2024 7:08 AM IST
