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A newly elected candidate was injured in a fire during the victory celebrations in Chandgad Maharashtra assembly elections results Saturday.

Independent candidate Shivaji Patil, who represented Chandgad constituency, sustained injuries in the incident.

The fire broke out when women performing an ‘aarti’ for Shivaji Patil in Mahgaon got caught in a blaze caused by a large quantity of gulal falling from a crane onto their ‘aarti’ plates, according to eyewitnesses cited by PTI.

A video of the incident, which has now gone viral, shows a crane releasing a huge quantity of gulal into the crowd celebrating the candidate’s victory.

The injured have been hospitalized.

Independent candidate Shivaji Patil won the Chandgad Assembly election by a margin of 24,134 votes, securing 84,254 votes. He defeated NCP’s Nagesh Patil, who got 60,120 votes, and NCP SP’s Nandatai Babhulkar-Kupekar, who got 47,259 votes.

Maharashtra election results

The BJP-led Mahayuti, which also includes the chief minister Eknath ShindeShiv Sena and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s NCP retained power in Maharashtra on Saturday, securing 230 of the 288 seats.

The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi’s hopes of a comeback were dashed as the opposition alliance won only 46 seats.

The BJP won 132 seats, Shiv Sena 57 and NCP 41 seats.

In the MVA, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) won 10 seats, Congress claimed 16 seats and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) won 20 seats.

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule stated that the BJP received widespread support from all sections of society in the elections.

Shiv Sena (UBT) Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut on Sunday addressed the outcome of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and said the party was not discouraged. He said they were Shiv Sainiks of Balasaheb Thackeray, who had experienced both defeats and victories throughout his life.

Raut said: “We are not disappointed, we are people who fight. We are Shiv Sainiks of Balasaheb Thackeray. Balasaheb Thackeray has also experienced many defeats and victories in his life. We are not sad that we have lost or lost power. We will fight against injustice in Maharashtra.”

He further said that the people of Maharashtra were disheartened by the results and wondered, “Where are the results being celebrated?”