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Nana Patole -- the nominee of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance -- was elected unopposed as BJP nominee Kisan Kathore is withdrawing nomination.
Congress's Nana Patole, who was earlier with the BJP, had earlier said that he expected to get elected unopposed. "They (the BJP) have the right in democracy (to field a candidate). But it has been a tradition in Maharashtra that Speaker is elected unopposed. We hope that tradition continues," the 56-year-old leader, who represents the Sakoli constituency in Vidarbha, had said.
