Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ramesh Gajbe today (Dec 7, 2006) won the Chimur assembly by-election in Maharashtra by trouncing the Congress' Vijay Vadettiwar by 40,256 votes.

Vadettiwar was a Shiv Sena legislator from the constituency who joined the Congress. The Shiv Sena and BJP were both keen to contest from the constituency, but the former finally gave way. Ramesh Gajbe is a former minister.