News Brief
Kuldeep Negi
Nov 23, 2024, 11:46 AM | Updated 11:49 AM IST
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The Bharatiya Janata Party led Mahayuti is headed towards a landslide victory in Maharashtra Assembly elections.
According to Election Commission's official figures for 288 seats in Maharahstra Assembly, the BJP-led coalition is leading on over 213 seats, while the Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-NCP(SP)'s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is ahead on around 50 seats.
The BJP is currently leading on 126 seats, just 19 seats shy of the majority mark, while its allies NCP and Shiv Sena are ahead on 34 and 53 seats respectively.
If these trends persist, the Mahayuti is headed to secure three-fourth of the seats in Maharashtra Assembly.
Meanwhile, on the MVA side, the Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading on 21 seats, while the Congress and NCP(SP) are ahead on 19 and 15 seats respectively.
Maharashtra's single-phase election, held on 20 November, witnessed a voter turnout of 66.05 per cent, an increase from 61.1 per cent recorded in 2019.
In the Mahayuti alliance, the BJP contested on 149 seats, the Shiv Sena on 81, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP on 59 constituencies.
On the other hand, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi saw the Congress contesting 101 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SCP) 86.
Kuldeep is Senior Editor (Newsroom) at Swarajya. He tweets at @kaydnegi.