Key Highlights
- Shrikant Pangarkar is accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
- Pangarkar won the Jalna Municipal Corporation election as an independent candidate.
- He received 2,661 votes, defeating BJP's Raosaheb Dhoble by a margin of 184 votes.
- The elections involved 29 municipal bodies across Maharashtra.
- His victory has sparked national debate about candidates with criminal cases in politics.
