Voting is going on today for 6 seats of the Legislative Council in Maharashtra. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has voted this morning for the election of the undergraduate seat of Nagpur division. BJP's candidate Sandeep Joshi is in the fray in Nagpur seat of Legislative Council elections. Not only this but he is also the Mayor of Nagpur. Sandeep Joshi is close to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari while Congress candidate is Abhijeet Vanjari. Voting has started from 8 am for Nagpur undergraduate seat and it is going to run till 5 pm.

There are 2 lakh 6 thousand voters in Nagpur division. Voting is going on today for Pune division graduate seat, Nagpur division graduate seat, Aurangabad division graduation seat, Amravati division teacher seat, Pune division teacher seat and Dhule-Nandurbar local body election seat. Voting continues for Pune division undergraduate seat, Nagpur division graduate seat, Aurangabad division graduate seat, Amravati division teacher seat, Pune division teacher seat and Dhule-Nandurbar local body election seat.

Of these, the Dhule-Nandurbar seat fell vacant due to its outgoing Legislative Council member Ambareesh Patel resigning from the Congress and joining the BJP. The tenure of the members of the remaining five seats has been completed on 19 July. Congress is in the fray for three seats, while Shiv Sena one and two NCP candidates are engaged in this battle.

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