<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defeated his nearest rival, Congress' Ashish Deshmukh by a margin of 49,344 votes from the Nagpur South West constituency, election officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Fadnavis won from this constituency for the third time, but with a reduced margin.</p>.<p>He had won from the seat by 58,942 votes in 2014.</p>.<p>Fadnavis secured 1,09,237 votes while Ashish Deshmukh got 59,893 votes.</p>.<p>Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi candidate Ravi Shende bagged 8,821 votes and BSP candidate Vivek Handle secured 7,646 votes. As many as 3,064 votes went to None Of The Above (NOTA) option.</p>.<p>Fadnavis had won twice from Nagpur-West seat in 1999 and 2004. Following delimitation in 2009, he contested and won from Nagpur South-West in 2009 and 2014.</p>.<p>Ashish Deshmukh had fought the 2014 assembly elections on BJP ticket from Katol and defeated his uncle, NCP leader Anil Deshmukh. He later quit the BJP.</p>
<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defeated his nearest rival, Congress' Ashish Deshmukh by a margin of 49,344 votes from the Nagpur South West constituency, election officials said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Fadnavis won from this constituency for the third time, but with a reduced margin.</p>.<p>He had won from the seat by 58,942 votes in 2014.</p>.<p>Fadnavis secured 1,09,237 votes while Ashish Deshmukh got 59,893 votes.</p>.<p>Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi candidate Ravi Shende bagged 8,821 votes and BSP candidate Vivek Handle secured 7,646 votes. As many as 3,064 votes went to None Of The Above (NOTA) option.</p>.<p>Fadnavis had won twice from Nagpur-West seat in 1999 and 2004. Following delimitation in 2009, he contested and won from Nagpur South-West in 2009 and 2014.</p>.<p>Ashish Deshmukh had fought the 2014 assembly elections on BJP ticket from Katol and defeated his uncle, NCP leader Anil Deshmukh. He later quit the BJP.</p>