Mumbai: It’s a bittersweet moment for actor Riteish Deshmukh as his elder brother Amit Deshmukh won from Latur city, while his younger brother, Dhiraj Deshmukh, lost from Latur Rural in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

Amit, who ran for the election on an INC ticket, defeated BJP’s Arhchana Chakurkar by 112618 votes.

In the Maharashtra Assembly elections of 2019, which then witnessed a huge drama over the post of Chief Minister, Amit had won the same seat by defeating Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti of the BJP by a margin of 40,167, which was 18.97% of the total votes cast for the seat. INC had a vote share of 52.48% in 2019 on this seat.

Prior to that, in 2014, Amit won the same seat on the INC ticket by defeating Shailesh by a margin of 49,465, which was 24.31% of the total votes cast for the seat. INC had a vote share of 58.81% in 2014 in this seat.

Meanwhile, conceded defeat against Ramesh Kashiram Karad of the Bharatiya Janata Party in a close contest as the latter garnered 112,051 votes, with a margin of 6,595 votes over Dhiraj, who fought the election on the INC ticket. Dhiraj garnered 105,456 votes.

Earlier, Riteish and his wife Genelia had cast their votes at a polling station in Latur.

A few days ago, Riteish delivered a fiery speech supporting his brother, and the videos went viral on social media.

The Maharashtra Assembly elections were held on November 20 across 288 constituencies in the state.

The Mahayuti alliance, consisting of the BJP, the NCP of Ajit Pawar, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, secured the mandate and is set to return to power, maintaining the incumbency.

 

 

 

 

 

–IANS