Mumbai, 09 June (HS): Samarth Panel led by

film producer Meghraj Raje Bhosale swept the elections of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi

Chitrapat Mahamandal. The panel in a one-sided contest won all the 14 seats.

The opposition Chitrakarmi Panel could not secure even a single seat.

Out of the 17 seats three were elected unopposed. They

are film actress Varsha Usgaonkar from acting category, Vijay Khochikar from

organiser section and singer Anand Shinde from the music section.

Those elected with number of votes in brackets are

Meghraj Rahe Bhosale (951), Sunil Mahajan (786) – Producers Department; Deepak

Kadam (846) and Ajit Shirole (756) –Directors, Raj Kazi (850) – Writer, Sushant

Shelar (891) – Actor, Dhanaji Yamkar (952) – Photography, Subhash Nakashe (892)– Dance Director, Sharad

Chavan (972) – Sound Recording, Pravin Patil (885), - Art Direction, Chaitrali

Dongre (998) – Decoration, Ravindra Gawde (910) – Production Management, Ganesh

Gargote (907) – Distribution and Publicity and Vikas Torne – Workers representative.

The new body has been elected for a term of five years

2026-2031.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar