Conventionally in Maharashtra politics, the electoral contest is generally avoided if bypolls necessitated by the death of sitting MLAs or MPs are contested by their kin, though there are exceptions. After the MVA government collapsed, Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister with the BJP s support on June 30. ️ Andheri East By-Election 2022: Bypoll in Maharashtra on November 3 Mere Formality After BJP Candidate s Withdrawal.
The bypoll was the first electoral contest after the vertical split in Shiv Sena whose election symbol- bow and arrow- was frozen by the Election Commission.
The BJP's last-minute decision to pull out of the high-decibel Andheri (east) Assembly bypoll is seen as a strategic step factoring in the "sympathy factor" potentially in favour of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's nominee Rutuja Latke.
The BJP on Monday pulled out its candidate from the next month s Andheri East Assembly bypoll contest, paving the way for the easy victory of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction s nominee.
The November 3 Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll will be a straight contest between The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SSUBT) party and the combination of the ruling BJP and Eknath Shinde-led faction.