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Know your constituency: The big fight in Chinchwad
Updated On: 08 October, 2014 02:19 AM IST | | Team mid-day
<p>Continuing the series to help voters make an informed decision, mid-day examines the political dynamics and candidates in the Chinchwad constituency, where it’s a fight between the incumbent MLA and everyone else</p>

Laxman Jagtap
2014 candidates
Kailas Kadam (Congress), Laxman Jagtap (BJP), Nana Kate (NCP), Rahul Kalate (Shiv Sena), Anant Korhale (MNS)
Constituency history
One of the three constituencies of the NCP’s bastion, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Chinchwad was formed out of the Haveli constituency in the 2009 delimitation. During the Congress-NCP alliance, Chinchwad was with the Congress. However, in 2009, Laxman Jagtap contested as an independent and won, defeating official candidates of the alliance. This time, the sitting MLA is contesting on a BJP ticket. The issue of regularisation of illegal construction in the area will be a key factor in this election.
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