Maharashtra election results: Ruling Mahayuti heads for landslide win, crosses 200 seats
The ruling Mahayuti was ahead in 215 seats, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in 56 seats, and others in seven seats.
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Maharashtra’s ruling alliance was headed for a landslide win in the state’s Assembly election as per trends on Saturday morning.
The ruling Mahayuti was ahead in 215 seats, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in 56 seats, and others in seven seats, according to Election Commission data.
The Bharatiya Janata Party was ahead in 125 seats, the Shiv Sena group led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in 55 and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in 35.
In the Maha Vikas Aghadi camp, the Congress was ahead in 22 seats, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray in 17 and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Sharad Pawar in 13.
The counting of votes for elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly began at 8 am on Saturday.
The election was held in a single phase on November 20, along with the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly election.
Maharashtra registered a voter turnout of 66.05%, the highest since 1995.
Most exit polls have predicted that the ruling Mahayuti alliance will cross the majority mark of 145 seats and retain power. An average of exit poll predictions by NDTV has forecast 155 seats for the ruling alliance, 120 for the Maha Vikas Aghadi and 13 for others.
The Mahayuti alliance comprises the BJP, the...
