The Nagpur graduates’ constituency contest remained on a knife edge since counting began on Tuesday morning, with Independent Nitesh Karale’s second preference votes emerging as a crucial factor in the closely fought battle between BJP’s Sudhakar Kohale and Congress’s Abhijit Wanjari. A Wardha-based social media influencer-turned-politician, Karale, turned the Nagpur poll into a thriller by securing over 25,000 first-preference votes in the 34th round, thus delaying the straightforward victory plans of both.