Shiva Sena Candidate, Trupti Sawant won the Bandra East by elections by 52,711 to her rival candidate Narayan Rane of Congress who got 33,703 votes for the Maharashtra Assembly. Bypoll was necessitated in the Bandra East constituency following the death of Shiv Sena MLA Bala Sawant, husband of Mrs Trupti Sawant.
A week ago Real News had already predicted Shiva Sena’s victory on the basis of all round survey done. Narayan Rane with a long political history of almost 32 years faced a major setback in a small constituency like Bandra East. When Rane was interviewed by Real News of India he had stated that his party chose him to stand for the by elections when asked why he chose such a small sized constituency.
The public of Bandra East just could not relate to his candidacy. He was too big a heavy weight. However Bala Swawant’s excellent public relations with the public was the real factor of Shiva Sena’s victory.
Massive victory celebrations were seen outside Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s residence ‘Matoshree’ as party workers waived the saffron flag and shouted party slogans. They also busted fire crackers and distributed sweets among people.
