Counting of votes for all 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra began at 8 am.
Maharashtra Election Results Live: The much-anticipated counting of votes for the Maharashtra assembly elections began at 8 am, with the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Mahawati alliance of the Ajit Pawar camp of the Nationalist Congress Party ( (NCP) is leading and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is taking a big lead in early trends over the opposition bloc, which includes the Congress and the Sena and NCP breakaways. The factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar respectively.…read more
Maharashtra Election Results | Important Points
Maharashtra Election Result Timing: The counting of votes for the Maharashtra assembly elections began at 8 am. First, counting of postal ballots was started.
Maharashtra Election Voting: Voting for all 288 seats of the Maharashtra Assembly was held on November 20.
Voting percentage in Maharashtra: In Maharashtra, 66.05 percent of votes were cast, with the lowest in Mumbai city and the highest in Gadchiroli.
Major Battles: The Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar camp) are locked in a contest with the ruling Mahawati Alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, in which the Congress And separate factions of Sena and NCP.
Majority Mark in Maharashtra: With the total number of seats in the Maharashtra Assembly being 288, the majority required for a party or alliance to form a government in the state is 145.
Candidates fielded by the parties: BJP has fielded candidates in 149 seats, Shiv Sena in 81 seats and Ajit Pawar-led NCP in 59 seats. In the opposition alliance, Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SP) 86 candidates.