Pune: Deposits of all candidates, except Murlidhar Mohol and Ravindra Dhangekar, forfeited in the Lok Sabha polls
Pune: There were 35 candidates in the fray, including Murlidhar Mohol of the BJP, Ravindra Dhangekar of the Congress, Vasant More of the VBA and Anis Sundke of the MIM, in the Pune Lok Sabha constituency.
Security deposits of 33 candidates, except Mohol and Dhangekar, have been forfeited as they could not poll the minimum number of voters as per the rule.
The real fight was between Mohol and Dhangekar. The former defeated the latter with a margin of 1,23,167 votes. The BJP has its MLAs in the Kothrud, Parvati, Khadakwasla and Pune Cantonment assembly segments.
The Indian Constitution has bestowed the right to contest election on all its eligible citizens. Using the right, 35 people filed their nominations from the constituency. However, 33 of them lost their security deposits. In the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, there were 31 candidates in the fray while 29 lost deposits.
Rs 25,000 security deposit for each candidate
A citizen willing to contest the LS poll has to provide personal details, assets’ details that they own, an affidavit and Rs 25,000 deposit, along with their application. Thus, Rs 8.25 lakh was deposited in the government treasury.
Names of the candidates who lost their deposits
Name/Votes received
Vasant More – 31,991
Prashant Ranpise – 3,969
Anis Sundke – 859
Milind Kamble – 344
Neeraj Kamthan – 351
Manoj Vetal – 351
Yuvraj Limbole – 698
Vijayalakshmi Sindgi – 239
Subroto Roy – 293
Suresh Patil – 437
Hemant Patil – 374
Ashwini Khairnar – 412
Maruti Ambere – 433
Sandip Chormole – 1,655
Gorakh Ghodke – 1,451
Kiran Raikar – 1,052
Chandrakant Sawant – 314
Johson Kolhapure – 304
Dr Devyani Pandit – 645
Narendra Pavatekar – 533
Razzak Bagwan – 146
Baba Sayyad – 163
Dr Balasaheb Pol – 259
Mahesh Mhaske – 229
Yabis Tujare – 223
Adv Yogesh Makane – 298
Vijay Jagtap – 382
Sabbir Tamboli – 313
Sachin Dhankude – 788
Sagar Pore – 515
Sanjay Kendale – 311
Zonsho Vijay Prakash – 138