Maharashtra elections results updates: Nation only trusts BJP, NDA for good governance, says PM Modi

Maharashtra election results updates: According to ECI, Aditya Thackeray, representing Shiv Sena (UBT), has won the Worli seat by 8,000 votes. Catch the latest updates on Maharashtra results here

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BJP-led Mahayuti's 'Maha' win to retain Maharashtra; JMM-led alliance storms back to power in Jharkhand

The BJP on Saturday pulled off a stunning performance in Maharashtra winning a record number of seats to propel the party-led ruling Mahayuti alliance to a landslide victory while the INDIA bloc stormed back to power in Jharkhand on the back of a spectacular showing by the JMM.

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Cong posts worst show in Maharashtra, distant junior partner to JMM in Jharkhand

The Congress continued its losing spree on Saturday posting its worst-ever show in Maharashtra and ending up as a distant junior partner to the ruling JMM in Jharkhand, with further diminishing role in the opposition bloc as other allies perform better.

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Ex-Maharashtra minister Rajesh Tope loses to Shiv Sena nominee from Jalna Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

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Urban naxalism of Congress has become a challenge for country, its remote control is outside country: PM Modi

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Maharashtra elections results LIVE: Indian cities are engines of progress, says PM Modi

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Maharashtra elections results LIVE: Congress has throttled social justice, says PM Modi

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Congress set to retain three of four Nagpur seats it won in 2019

The Congress on Saturday managed to retain three of the four seats it won in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region in the 2019 assembly polls.

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Congress has become a parasitic party, increasingly difficult for it to form govt on its own: PM Modi

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Maharashtra elections LIVE: Congress created Waqf Board for appeasement, says PM Modi

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Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll: BJP's Hambarde leads against Cong's Ravindra Chavan Chhatrapati

BJP candidate Santukrao Hambarde was leading by 3,818 votes in the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll after completion of 25 rounds of counting.

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Only Ambedkar's Constitution acceptable to people, no power in world can bring Article 370 back: PM Modi

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Maharashtra elections results LIVE: INDI Alliance unable to understand country's mood, says PM Modi

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Voters with those who put 'nation first', not with those putting 'kursi first': PM Modi

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Maharashtra is sixth state which has given BJP mandate for three straight terms: PM Modi

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Some people resorted to betrayal, voters have punished them: PM Modi in his speech

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Maharashtra elections results LIVE: Voters believe in 'nation first', says PM Modi

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Maharashtra elections results LIVE: This mandate will be the basis for Viksit Bharat, says PM Modi

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Maharashtra elections results LIVE: Development & governance won; lies & deceit lost, says PM Modi

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Poll win a big blow to those trying to divide society, says PM Modi

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'Ek hain to safe hain' is India's 'maha-mantra': PM Modi

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No party or alliance has won with such a landslide margin in Maharashtra in 50 years: PM Modi

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This is the 3rd time BJP-led alliance has won in Maharashtra: PM Modi

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Maharashtra poll results unexpected, incomprehensible; something fishy: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday called the Maharashtra assembly poll results, which the BJP-led Mahayuti swept, completely unexpected and incomprehensible, and cast aspersions on its authenticity.

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BJP had won the 2019 elections as well but Uddhav Thackeray betrayed us: Nadda

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Maharashtra Assembly Election Results LIVE: Check final tally

Results of 264 of 288 seats declared; BJP wins 118, ahead in 14, Shiv Sena wins 54, ahead in 3, NCP wins 39, ahead in 2

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JP Nadda likens Congress to a parasite that finishes those whose support it seeks

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Maha poll outcome inexplicable, level-playing field disturbed: Congress

The Congress on Saturday described the Maharashtra poll outcome as "inexplicable" and claimed that the level-playing field was disturbed in a targeted manner as part of a conspiracy to defeat it.

The opposition party, however, hailed the result in Jharkhand, saying the people of the state had categorically rejected the "politics of polarisation" peddled by the BJP.

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Can't believe Maharashtra would behave this way with me: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday called the Maharashtra poll results, in which the BJP-led Mahayuti put up a stunning performance, completely unexpected and incomprehensible.

Addressing a news conference, Thackeray said he could not believe Maharashtra, which listened to him as kutumb pramukh (head of family) during the coronavirus pandemic, would behave this way with him.

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Will study Maharashtra poll results in detail and go back to people: Congress' Ramesh Chennithala

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RSS outreach adds to BJP's convincing win in Maharashtra elections

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) still holds the key to the BJP's electoral success as the outcome of the Maharashtra Assembly polls showed.

According to latest figures of counting of votes, the BJP-led Mahayuti could win over 230 of the 288 assembly seats in the state, leaving the opposition Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-NCP(SP) combine with just 50 seats.