Maharashtra poll results: Ruling Mahayuti crosses 200 seats, CM Eknath Shinde hails ‘landslide win’
The ruling Mahayuti was ahead in 221 seats, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in 53 seats, and others in 12 seats.
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Maharashtra’s ruling alliance was headed for an overwhelming victory in the state’s Assembly election as per trends on Saturday morning.
The ruling Mahayuti was ahead in 221 seats, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in 53 seats, and others in 12 seats, according to Election Commission data.
The Bharatiya Janata Party was ahead in 127 seats, the Shiv Sena group led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in 56 and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in 38.
In the Maha Vikas Aghadi camp, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray was ahead in 18 seats, the Congress in 17 and the Nationalist Congress Party group led by Sharad Pawar in 15.
Shinde thanked voters for giving a “thumping majority” to the ruling coalition, and said that the electorate had given its stamp of approval on the work that it did in the past two-and-a-half years, ANI reported. “This is a landslide win,” he said.
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...
