Shinde Faction Candidate Defeated: Gopichand Padalkar's Sister-in-Law Wins Close Contest

• BJP candidate Madhavi Padalkar, sister-in-law of MLA Gopichand Padalkar, won the Atpadi Zilla Parishad constituency.
• She defeated Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) candidate Vidya Mote by a margin of 980 votes in a tough fight.
• Madhavi Padalkar is the wife of former Zilla Parishad chairman Brahmanand Padalkar.
• During the campaign, Gopichand Padalkar's supporters vandalized Vidya Mote's campaign vehicle in Vibhutwadi, Atpadi taluka.
• The incident occurred when Mote's campaign vehicle arrived during Madhavi Padalkar's rally, leading to an argument over noise.