Threatening its chances of making it five in a row are, ironically, allegations of parivarwad (dynasticism), with the ruling party fielding Anup Dhotre, son of four-time MP Sanjay Dhotre.

Threatening its chances of making it five in a row are, ironically, allegations of parivarwad (dynasticism), with the ruling party fielding Anup Dhotre, son of four-time MP Sanjay Dhotre.

Sanjay Dhotre from BJP clinched victory in the Akola Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra, defeating Prakash Ambedkar of VBA by a significant margin of 2,75,596 votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.