Counting of votes is currently in progress for the Nanded municipal elections. Home lawn of Maharashtra’s former chief minister Ashok Chavan, the Nanded Waghala municipality recorded 60 percent voter turnout on Wednesday. With Chavan’s esteem at stake, he is confident of Congress retaining the municipality in spite of Bharatiya Janata Party’s high-flying efforts to settle a victory in the civic polls.

BJP left no stone unturned in campaigning for these polls and brought all its A-listers, including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to make sure a win.

Nanded is a Congress throttlehold and the party had won 41 out of the 81 seats last time. Shiv Sena had secured 12 seats, followed by All India Majlis-e-Muslimeen with 11 seats. BJP had managed to add just two seats to their pool. While the ruling party seems positive of a much-improved performance this time, it still remains to be seen whether the party can defeat the Maharashtra Congress chief president Chavan’s bastion.

The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines have been used for the first time in the state in these elections. The Maharashtra Election Commission had intended to use these machines across 37 polling centers in one ward but the machines had to be withdrawn from a couple of polling centers due to technical issues, officials informed. The machines could not be installed at four other centers, making 31 polling centers the final count for the use of machine on a pilot basis.

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