Though the final results are still pending, the lead is noteworthy in the early stages of vote counting.
Supriya Sule, a prominent leader of the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar, is currently leading in Maharashtra’s Baramati Lok Sabha constituency, data from the Election Commission showed.
Sule is ahead of Sunetra Pawar, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, by a margin of 11,499 votes, according to Election Commission data as of 11.45 am. She had gained 58,170 of the votes counted.
Sule, the daughter of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sharad Pawar, is Ajit Pawar’s cousin.
Sunetra Pawar has been fielded by the Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party.
