NEW DELHI: The result day for the Maharashtra assembly elections brought contrasting outcomes for Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh's siblings. His elder brother Amit Deshmukh secured victory, on the other hand, the younger one, Dhiraj, experienced a narrow defeat with a difference of a few thousand votes.
The Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Amit Deshmukh emerged victorious in Latur city constituency. He defeated BJP's DR. Archana Patil Chahurkar by over 7,000 votes.
Being the firstborn of former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Amit had previously completed three terms as a legislative assembly member from Latur city. This was his fourth election for the position.
His opponent and BJP candidate Archana Patil Chakurkar is the daughter-in-law of former union home minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar.
However, his brother Dhiraj Deshmukh, who also contested on a Congress ticket, suffered defeat in the Latur rural constituency. The incumbent MLA Dhiraj lost his seat to BJP contestant Ramesh Karad by a margin exceeding 6,000 votes.
The BJP on Saturday pulled off a stunning performance in Maharashtra winning a record number of seats to propel the party-led ruling Mahayuti alliance to a landslide victory with 229 seats. The MVA managed to get only 47 seats and the Congress only 16.