nashik members of the 176yearold public library or savana once again gave their mandate to the ruling granthamitra panel for the next five yearsgranthamitra won 17 of 18 seats registering victory in the elections held every five years results were declared late on monday as the vote counting process was delayed because of various reasonsreigning president vilas aurangabadkar bagged 1538 votes of around 1800 valid votes he will continue to head the institution for the next five years his copanelists kishor pathak and nanasaheb boraste secured over 1000 votes each to win two posts of vicepresidentsof the 15 seats of executive members the aurangabadkarled granthamitra panel emerged victorious on 14 seats the only seat the rival panel janasthan could win was of dhananjay bele who secured a single vote more than granthamitra panel candidate b g wagh eventually wagh challenged this result for recounting which is now scheduled for fridayaurangabadkar said members had expressed their faith in the granthamitra panel again we are committed to preserving the institutions glory as it is part of nashiks identity in the literary and cultural scene across the state we will continue progressive and constructive work and avoid politics or corruption all commitments we have made to our voters will be fulfilled soon he saidnow the president will appoint new executive president general secretary and personnel incharge of auditoriums art galleries and other projects of the public library according to the librarys constitution the president has 10 days to make these appointments the leading name for the executive presidents post was shrikant beni who had led the campaign against milind jahagirdar last month jahagirdar was expelled from the library