The highly anticipated vote count for Maharashtra Assembly Elections As 2024 continues, the ruling NDA has won a landslide victory over the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, which comprises splinter factions of the Congress and Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which has Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar are leading the charge respectively. .

The ruling Mahawati alliance of Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party and Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar camp) led by CM Eknath Shinde won the MVA soon after the counting of votes started at 8 am on Saturday, by a margin of left expanding. The opposition is trailing by a little over 50 seats.

Counting of votes for all 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra will begin at 8 am and the trends will start coming soon after. Counting of votes for Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 also started parallely.

Where can I check the official results of Maharashtra, Jharkhand elections?

For those who want to stay updated, results can be tracked on various platforms, including live updates from reputable news sources. While the results will be available on the Election Commission of India (ECI) website and all major news channels, including hindustantimes.comwhich is providing real-time comprehensive coverage of election results through detailed live blogs.

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Election results can be tracked on the ECI website, TV broadcasts and news websites as well as YouTube channels of news channels.

When will the Maharashtra election results be announced?

As the counting of votes takes place in multiple rounds, the final official result or results are expected to be out by the evening, however the trends start to emerge soon after the ballots are opened for counting.

Postal ballots were first counted at 8 am.

Voting for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 were held on 20 November in a single phase which recorded around 66.05 voter turnout. The lowest polling was recorded in Mumbai city, with a turnout of 52.65 percent, while the highest was recorded in Garhchiroli.

The majority in the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly is 145, short of the number needed for any coalition or party to form a government in the state.

The results are coming in the backdrop of political turmoil in the state. In 2019, the BJP-led alliance won a clear majority, but the Shiv Sena soon left the alliance and formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government along with the Congress and the NCP. A subsequent split in the Shiv Sena resulted in one faction joining the BJP-led Mahawati and forming the government in 2022 under Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Despite opposition from Uddhav Thackeray’s faction, Shinde’s faction retained the name of the original Shiv Sena. The NCP also split in 2003, with one group led by Ajit Pawar retaining the original name, while another led by Sharad Pawar split off.