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Sunetra Pawar defeats Sharad Pawar as Ajit faction NCP sweeps Pune sugar mill elections
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News18•14-10-2026, 11:12
Sunetra Pawar defeats Sharad Pawar as Ajit faction NCP sweeps Pune sugar mill elections
- •Sunetra Pawar defeated her father-in-law Sharad Pawar in the elections for the Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Mill in Pune district.
- •The Ajit faction NCP-backed panel won all 21 seats in what was considered a crucial test of Sunetra Pawar's leadership.
- •Sharad Pawar had actively campaigned in the drought-affected areas, but his party's panel faced a major defeat.
- •The election saw a high voter turnout of 84.25 percent with over 23000 members casting their votes.
- •A rebel panel backed by BJP and led by former chairman Purushottam Jagtap also contested the election but lost.
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In the Pune sugar mill elections, the NCP faction led by Maharashtra Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar won a crushing victory by securing all 21 seats. Her panel defeated the panels backed by Sharad Pawar's NCP and rebel candidate Purushottam Jagtap.
The election featured a contest between Sunetra Pawar's 'Shri Someshwar Vikas Purush Ajitdada Pawar' panel, the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar)-backed 'Someshwar Shetkari Vikas' panel, and rebel candidate Purushottam Jagtap's BJP-backed panel. Jagtap had previously served as the mill's chairman for 13 years before rebelling against the NCP.
Out of the total 27,625 members of the Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Mill, 23,393 members cast their votes, resulting in a high voter turnout of 84.25%.
