BJP won Nagpur East, defeating second-placed Congress by 24017 votes. It had also won Nagpur East in the previous election, and retained the seat with a comfortable margin.
Nagpur East is in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. It is a predominantly urban constituency.
Krushna Pancham Khopde of the BJP received 52.4% of the vote, compared to 40.3% of the Congress's Purushottam Nagorao Hajare. BJP's voteshare fell by 1.6% from 2014, while Congress's voteshare increased by 12.8%.
The constituency saw a 2-cornered contest, with Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress all getting a voteshare of 10% of more.
Party | Name | Votes | Vote (%) | Party Voteshare Change |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | Krushna Pancham Khopde | 103992 | 52.4% | -1.6% |
Indian National Congress | Purushottam Nagorao Hajare | 79975 | 40.3% | +12.8% |
Bahujan Samaj Party | Sagar Damodhar Lokhande | 5284 | 2.7% | -3.9% |
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | Mangalmurti Ramkrishna Sonkusare | 4338 | 2.2% | +2.2% |
None of the Above | Nota | 3460 | 1.7% | +1.7% |
Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch | Gopalkumar Ganeshu Kashyap | 535 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
Independent | Bablu Gedam | 487 | 0.2% | - |
Independent | Vilas Dadaji Charde | 357 | 0.2% | - |
Independent | Amol Dilip Itankar | 213 | 0.1% | - |