Many former, sitting office-bearers tasted defeat in gram panchayat elections

Aurangabad, Jan 18:

The results of gram panchayat elections (in Waluj Mahanagar) turned out to be interesting as many established former and sitting office-bearers had to taste the defeat. Meanwhile, the panel of MLA Prashant Bamb (in Ranjangaon), Zilla Parishad member Ramesh Gaikwad (in Pandharpur) and former sarpanch Naser Patel (in Narayanpur) won the elections with thumping majority.

The sitting sarpanch from ideal Patoda village, Bhaskar Pere, withdrew from the elections, this year. As a result, Gramvikas Lokshahi Panel's eight candidates (opposition) were declared elected unopposed, and after the result, three more candidates of the panel got elected. The elections were interesting as many youngsters contested the elections against the established candidates.

Ranjangaon GP

Samtol Vikas Panel of Bamb succeeded in winning 14 seats out of 17 from Ranjangaon Shenpunji gram panchayat. The panel maintained the dominance and remaining three candidates are from Maha Vikas Aghadi. The names of winning candidates are Shivram Thombre, Pankaj Hiwale, Nandini Lohkare, Sainath Jadhav, Kavita Jadhav, Saira Bano Syed, Ashok Jadhav, Kantabai Jadhav, Mohniraj Dhanwate, Yogita Mahalkar, Sanjeevani Sadavarte, Bhimrao Kirtishahi, Nandabai Bade, Nirmala Pathade, Sandeep Manohare, Ashwini Hiwale and Satyasheela Jadhav.

Pandharpur GP

The Gramvikas Panel of Zilla Parishad's member Ramesh Gaikwad and Panchayat Samiti member Shamim Chaudhary succeeded in winning 15 seats, out of 17, in Pandharpur gram panchayat elections. The names of winners are Shaikh Javed, Roshan Shah, Sarika Khotkar, Mahendra Khotkar, Meera Girhe, Chayya Khotkar, Raju Ubale, Reshma Shaikh, Vaishali Raut, Vithal Sonawane, Mehboob Chaudhary, Ashabai Bhole, Shahebaz Qureshi, Tasleem Shaikh, Chayya Gaikwad, Amer Pathan and Alka Gaikwad.

Jogeshwari GP

The names of winners from Jogeshwari gram panchayat election are Pravin Dubile, Bharati Sable, Nazeer Khan Pathan, Meena Panad, Heera Saudagar, Rukmini Kajale, Prabhakar Kajale, Sangeeta Thokal, Shaheen Shaikh, Gajanan Bomble, Sonu Lohkare, Yogesh Dalvi, Yogita Argade, Pravin Thorat, Sheela Waghmare, Shantabai Bilwal and Anil Wagh.

Narayanpur GP

There is a dominance of sarpanch Naser Patel in Narayanpur gram panchayat since 1995. All nine members of his panel got elected. They include Naser Patel, his wife Bismilla Bi Patel, Huzra Bi Shaikh Lal, Harisingh Muley, Nilofer Qureshi, Dilip Kharat, Majeed Shaikh, Sofiya Shaikh and Tameez Bi Aziz.

Waluj GP

In Waluj gram panchayat election, former sarpanch Saeeda Nabi Pathan got elected from two wards by defeating the Zilla Parishad's former chairman of social welfare committee Manoj Jaiswal. Her son Bablu Pathan also won the election. The names of other winners are Amina Bi Pathan, Yogesh Argade, Popat Bankar, Rahul Bhalerao, Manjusha Jaiswal, Dayanand Sable, Taufiq Patel, Sachin Kakade, Vimalbai Pache, Ranjana Bhond, Samina Pathan, Yusuf Qureshi and Kalpana Tupe.

Teesgaon GP

Former Zilla Parishad member Ramchandra Kasure maintained his supremacy in Teesgaon gram panchayat. Ten members of his panel got elected out of 17 seats. The names of winners are Rajesh Kasure, Ashwini Jadhav, Krishna Gaikwad, Aruna Jadhav, Shakuntala Kasure, Sanjay Jadhav, Pradeep Hande, Nirmala Butte, Nagesh Kuthare, Ganesh Birangal, Pooja Taraiyyewale, Renuka Salampure, Godavari Kolhe, Nitin Jadhav, Rekha Suryawanshi, Vishnu Jadhav and Sangeeta Ambhore.

Major setback to established candidates

The candidates, who tasted defeat in the gram panchayat elections include former sarpanch Papin Mane, former chairman Manoj Jaiswal, former chairman Dnyaneshwar Borkar, Zilla Parishad member Chayya Agarwal, former chairman Jyoti Gaikwad's husband Avinash Gaikwad, ZP member Ramdas Parodkar's wife Ranjana Parodkar, sitting chairman of Pandharpur Shaikh Akhtar, deputy sarpanch Mangalbai Nid and former chairman of social welfare committee Vithal Kolekar(in Ranjangaon).