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Sharad Pawar Remains Mumbai Cricket Association President, Dilip Vengsarkar Becomes a Vice-President
Backed by Bal Mahaddalkar group, Sharad Pawar defeated Vijay Patil - the only other contestant for the post of president - by 27 votes.
Sharad Pawar, contestant for the Mumbai Cricket Association's President's post during a press conference in Mumbai on Tuesday (June 17).© PTI
Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar defeated his challenger and outgoing vice president Vijay Patil to retain his post in the MCA biennial elections here on Wednesday.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo, backed by the Bal Mahaddalkar group, beat Patil by 27 votes to hold on to his domination in Mumbai cricket.
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Pawar - has been MCA president for the last 14 years - got 172 votes, while Patil got 145.
Patil was backed by Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray.
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