NCP candidates elected as Zilla Parishad President, Vice President

Thursday, March 22, 2007, 1:11 [IST]

Pune, Mar 21 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidates Vaishali Aabnave from Dhaund taluka and Sharad Lendge from Junnar taluka became President and the Vice President respectively in the 75-member Zilla Parishad here today. Both won the election unopposed.

District Collector Prabhakar Deshmukh announced the results. For the first time, a candidate from Dhaund taluka has become the President of the Zilla Parishad.

Party wise position is as follows: Party Seats NCP 45 Congress 13 SS 06 BJP 03 JD 02 IND 06 Total 75 UNI

Topics: party, (ncp), candidates, vaishali, aabnave, dhaund, taluka, sharad, lendge, junnar, taluka

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