elected-maharashtra--chopda arun gujarathi of ncp wins the chopda assembly/lok sabha constutuency with a margin of 2110 over his nearest rival kailash patil of ss. Ncp wrested the seat from congress.Uni mb vw ks0736 mumbai 07 36 elected-maharashtra--chopda arun gujarathi of ncp wins the chopda assembly constutuency with a margin of 2110 over his nearest rival kailash patil of ss. Ncp wrested the seat from congress.Uni mb vw ks0736 mumbai 07 44 results-maharashtra ss-bjp marches ahead in maharashtra mumbai, oct 7 (uni) ruling shiv sena-bharatiya janata party bagged eight of the 14 lok sabha seats for which results have been declared so far and maintained its march ahead with its candidates leading in 19 seats against the congress and its breakaway party-- ncp lead in seven and five constituencies respectively as the counting progressed this morning in maharashtra. The congress has won four while the ncp is yet to open its account even as the president of the latter party established a massive lead of 2,20,526 votes over his nearest bjp rival pratibha lokhande in baramati lok sabha constituency in pune district. The ruling alliance establishing lead in 12 more seats than the congress party clearly indicate that the bjp is all set to avenge its poll reversals of 1998 when it suffered heavy losses at the hands of the congress party after a spectacular show in 1996 polls. The two alliance partners shared four seats each of the results declared. The ruling alliance improved its tally in mumbai metropolis where it has bagged four of the five results declared and leading in the fifth, mumbai north-east constituency while conceding only one seat to the congress party whose tally has been reduced to one seat against three in 1998 election. Matinee idol turned politician sunil dutt bagged the consolation seat for the congress in mumbai by wresting the mumbai north-west constituency from sena member of the dissolved lok sabha madhukarrao sarpotdar in the latter's run up to lok sabha for the third term. The congress conceded mumbai south to the bjp and the bjp candidate kirit somaiya was leading by a margin of more than 7000 votes in north east constituency. The sena also wrested the mumbai north central where its senior leader and former chief minister manohar joshi defeated dalit poet raja dhale of the bharatiya republican party led by mr prakash ambedkar, the grand son of dr b r ambedkar and an ally of the congress. Mr ramdas athawale, leader of the faction of the replublican party of india known by his (athawale) name and an ally of the ncp got himself reeelcted by shifting to pandharpur lok sabha constituency in sholapur district. More uni team sba gs ks0750 mumbai 07 51 results-maharashtra (rpt to all) ss-bjp marches ahead in maharashtra mumbai, oct 7 (uni) ruling shiv sena-bharatiya janata party bagged eight of the 14 lok sabha seats for which results have been declared so far and maintained its march ahead with its candidates leading in 19 seats against the congress and its breakaway party-- ncp leading in seven and five constituencies respectively as the counting progressed this morning in maharashtra. The congress has won four while the ncp registered its first victory in khed lok sabha constituency in pune district where its candidate ashok mohol has wrested the seat from congress. The ncp president and former defence minister sharad pawar has established a massive lead of 2,20,526 votes over his nearest bjp rival pratibha lokhande in baramati lok sabha constituency in pune district. The ruling alliance establishing lead in 12 seats more than the congress party clearly indicates that the bjp is all set to avenge its poll reversals of 1998 when it suffered heavy losses at the hands of the congress party after a spectacular show in 1996 polls. The two alliance partners shared four seats each of the results declared. The ruling alliance improved its tally in mumbai metropolis where it has bagged four of the five results declared and leading in the fifth, mumbai north-east constituency while conceding only one seat to the congress party whose tally has been reduced to one seat against three in 1998 election. Matinee idol turned politician sunil dutt bagged the consolation seat for the congress in mumbai by wresting the mumbai north-west constituency from sena member of the dissolved lok sabha madhukarrao sarpotdar in the latter's run up to lok sabha for the third term. The congress conceded mumbai south to the bjp and the bjp candidate kirit somaiya was leading by a margin of more than 7000 votes in north east constituency. The sena also wrested the mumbai north central where its senior leader and former chief minister manohar joshi defeated dalit poet raja dhale of the bharatiya republican party led by mr prakash ambedkar, the grand son of dr b r ambedkar and an ally of the congress. Mr ramdas athawale, leader of the faction of the replublican party of india known by his (athawale) name and an ally of the ncp got himself reeelcted by shifting to pandharpur lok sabha constituency in sholapur district. More uni team sba gs ks0750 mumbai 08 02