Mahayuti Wins Big In Maharashtra, INDIA Keeps Jharkhand

The Maharashtra Assembly Elections concluded with the declaration of results on Saturday, giving a historic mandate to the ruling Mahayuti. In Jharkhand, the INDIA bloc crossed the halfway mark and widened its lead, denting the BJP’s hopes of returning to power in the state, as per the trends.

In Maharashtra, the ruling Mahayuti alliance—comprising the BJP, Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction, and Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena—sailed past the halfway mark, leading in 226 seats, while the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is ahead on 65 seats at 1.15 pm, as per the trends.

The Uddhav Sena raised questions on the EVM asking if “it was a free and fair election”. Sanjay Raut, the party MP, also alleged that some seats of the MVA were “stolen”. He claimed that this was not the mandate by the people of Maharashtra and the result was being “forced upon the state”.

The BJP is leading on 127 seats, Shiv Sena 48, NCP 35 till this time. Among the MVA, Shiv Sena UBT was ahead on 27 seats, Congress 19, and NCP SP 16 seats.

The halfway mark in Maharashtra, having 288 seats in the Assembly, is 145, and it is 41 in Jharkhand which has 81 seats in the Assembly. 

In Jharkhand, the INDIA bloc widened its lead as the counting progressed, denting the BJP’s hopes of returning to power in the state. As per the trends. The ruling coalition led by Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) eventually went past the majority mark of 41 in the 81-member assembly, with leads in 55 seats. The NDA, ahead in 25 seats, was shaping up to be a distant second.