Congress candidate Abhijeet Wanjari was on Thursday, October 29, declared winner in the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections from Nagpur after a keenly watched vote counting exercise that stretched for more than 40 hours.

According to PTI, Wanjari defeated BJP's Sudhakar Kohale by 3,271 votes to retain the Nagpur Division Graduates' constituency seat, which has been a traditional stronghold of the BJP.