Officials apprising poll staffers for counting of votes cast for Gokul dairy, counting is on Monday
Voters arrived in groups to cast votes for Gokul dairy Voters arrived in groups to cast votes for Gokul dairy Kolhapur : The Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, popularly known as Gokul dairy, recorded an almost total turnout in its board elections, with 5,416 of 5,418 voters casting their votes. Polling was held on Sunday across 35 heavily guarded booths in Kolhapur district, and the fate of 50 candidates from two panels was sealed in ballot boxes. The election was conducted through ballot papers, with each voter entitled to cast a maximum of 25 votes. The top 20 candidates in the general category will be declared elected. In the 2021 election, the panel led by Patil, minister Hasan Mushrif and Vinay Kore won 17 seats, and the rest were won by Mahadevrao Mahadik and the late P N Patil.
Voters arrived in groups, and no untoward incident was reported during polling.
Mahayuti leaders such as Mushrif and minister Chandrakant Patil claimed a landslide victory was coming; Patil said he too is confident that voters have selected his panel to run the dairy efficiently under one leadership for the next five years. One panel is led by Mahayuti, while the other is backed by Congress MLC Satej Patil . Counting of votes and declaration of results will begin on Monday.