Thread by @c_aashish

Before the Maharashtra election, several leaders had joined the BJP. A common theory is floating that these turncoats lost in a big way bringing the BJP tally down.

This is mostly BJP supporters projecting own views on the results. Details for current year imports. (1/n)

* Assembly (LS seat): Name / 2014 Margin / 2019 Margin

* Shirpur (Nandurbar): Kashiram Pawara / 25K / 49K
* Kankavali (Ratnagiri Sindhudurg): Nitesh Rane / 26K / 28K
* Satara (Satara): Shivendraraje Bhonsle / 48K / 43K
* Wadala (Mumbai SC): Kalidas Kolambkar / 0.8K / 31K

(2/n)

* Osmanabad (Osmanabad): Rana Jagjitsinha Patil / 11K / 13K
* Colaba (Mumbai S): Rahul Narwekar / 24K / 16K
* Airoli (Thane): Ganesh Naik / 9K / 78K
* Shirdi (Shirdi): Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil / 75K / 87K
* Man (Madha): Jayakumar Gore / 23K / 3K

(3/n)

* Kaij (Beed): Namita Mundada / - / 33K
* Kalyan East (Thane): Ganpat Gaikwad^ / 0.7K / 12K
* Guhagar (Raigad): Bhaskar Jadhav / 33K / 26K

12 of the 18 imported candidates by the BJP won their election.

^Independent, supported BJP from 2014, joined the party for 2019

(4/n)

New entrants who lost

* Akole (Shirdi): Vaibhav Pichad
* Indapur (Baramati): Harshvardhan Patil
* Gondia (Bhandara Gondia): Gopaldas Agarwal
* Bhokar (Nanded): Bapusaheb Gorthekar
* Wai (Satara): Madan Bhosale
* Nawapur (Nandurbar): Bharat Gavit

(5/n)

The 'incoming' candidates losing has caught on mainly due to the loss of the Satara Lok Sabha, where Udayanraje could not hold on to this seat which he had earlier won as a NCP candidate. #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls #MaharashtraElectionResults2019

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