Nanded, Nov 20 (PTI) A total of 53.78 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the Nanded Lok Sabha polls till 5 pm on Wednesday, election officials said.

There is a direct fight between Ravindra Chavan of the Congress and Santukrao Hambarde of the BJP.

Pratap Patil Chikhalikar, who won the 2019 Lok Sabha poll for the Nanded seat as a BJP candidate, had defeated Ashok Chavan who was then with the Congress. Chikhalikar lost the 2024 Lok Sabha poll from Nanded to Vasant Chavan by a margin of over 59,000 votes.

While Ashok Chavan joined the BJP in February this year, Chikhalikar is now part of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and is contesting the assembly elections from Loha in Nanded, which he has represented twice as an MP. PTI AW ND VT

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