Gurbir elected Mumbai Press Club prez

Jore Chairman. Poll rivals vow for team work!

Bury the hatchet! Bitter rivalry of pre-poll campaign forgotten, Dharmendra Jore (left) & Gurbir Singh vow to work together in the interest of the Press Club. Pic: BNK

HERE ARE THE FINAL RESULTS SHEET.

Total number of votes polled: 694

PRESIDENT

Gurbir Singh has been declared elected President. 

Gurbir Singh: 390 votes

Bharatkumar Raut: 287 votes

Invalid: 18 votes

CHAIRMAN

Dharmendra Jore has been declared elected Chairman. 

Dharmendra Jore: 440 votes

Vilas Athavale:  232 votes

Invalid: 24 votes

VICE CHAIRMAN

Chandramohan Puppala has been declared elected Vice Chairman. 

Chandramohan Puppala: 304 votes

Samar Khadas: 288 votes

Sanjeev Kumar Shukla: 71 votes

Invalid: 31 votes

SECRETARY

Lata Mishra has been declared elected Secretary. 

Lata Mishra : 396 votes

Kalpana Sunil Rane: 270 votes.

Invalid: 28 votes

JOINT SECRETARY

Ashish S. Raje has been declared elected Joint Secretary. 

Ashish S. Raje : 374 votes

Nilesh M. Dave: 282 votes.

Invalid: 37 votes

TREASURER

Varun Singh has been declared elected Treasurer. 

Varun Singh: 341 votes

Om Prakash Tiwari : 319 votes.

Invalid: 34 votes

Press Club poll campaign at its feverish pitch

MANAGING COMMITTEE

The following 10 candidates have been declared elected to the Managing Committee (with number of votes polled):

1.       Santosh S.Andhale               447

2.      Mrityunjay Bose                    419

3.      Prashant H.Nadkar              382

4.      Prakash Akolkar                   371

5.      Sachin Ramesh Haralkar      367

6.      Mayuresh Ganapatye            318

7.      Pravin Kajrolkar                   316

8.      Abhimanyu Shitole               295

9.      Prashant K. Nakwe              292

10.   Kalpana Sunil Rane              287

Invalid Votes: 18 (So, we have invalid votes in Press Club election?!)

Jatin Desai                                         Haaris R. Shaikh

Returning Officer                             Deputy Returning Officer

It's a clean sweep by PDA @ Mumbai Press Club

MUMBAI, July 22: A record of sorts was created in the history of Mumbai Press Club last night when Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) made a clean sweep of the elections for office bearers and managing committee by winning all 16 seats.

On a day lashed by rains, members came out in large numbers and voted to ensure that the path of progress did not get derailed. As many as 784 journalists braved a bad day to put their stamp of support on the PDA.

 The PDA team also takes this opportunity to thank the opposition team for putting up a good fight and keeping the election process clean and positive.

The results:

 PRESIDENT: Kumar Ketkar

CHAIRMAN: Rajesh Mascarenhas

Cake cutting after sweet victory - PDA panel members

VICE CHAIRMAN: Ayaz Memon

SECRETARY: Dharmendra Jore

JOINT SECRETARY: Rajanish Kakade

TREASURER: Om Prakash Tiwari

 MANAGING COMMITTEE

1.      Santosh Andhale 

2.      Mrityunjay Bose

3.      Lata Mishra

4.      Ashish Subhash Raje

5.      Prakash Ganesh Akolkar

6.      Pravin Vasant  Patil

7.      Abhimanyu Shitole

8.      Amit Shanbaug

9.      Ajit Joshi 340

10.    Sudhakar S. Kashyap